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Recent Examples of abound
At Card Home for the Aged, which caters to independent retirees who can pretty much take care of themselves and are in good health, opportunities abound to socialize and get out of the room.
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Joshua Zatulskis, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
Moscovitch, in an interview about her play for the CBC, drew parallels between the Jon-Annie relationship and the Clinton-Lewinsky affair—in both, questions abound about the limits of consensuality when a man sleeps with a young woman who has far less power.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
Stories of treasure hunters abound, including one about a roofer who allegedly found a small cauldron and vanished, leaving his tools behind.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 22 May 2025
Ballantine, June 3 Image Flashlight by Susan Choi Absences — of relatives, family memories and a historical record — abound in Choi’s slippery and explosive novel, which hinges on a Korean American family’s fateful trip to Japan.
—Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Joshua Zatulskis, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
Moscovitch, in an interview about her play for the CBC, drew parallels between the Jon-Annie relationship and the Clinton-Lewinsky affair—in both, questions abound about the limits of consensuality when a man sleeps with a young woman who has far less power.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
Stories of treasure hunters abound, including one about a roofer who allegedly found a small cauldron and vanished, leaving his tools behind.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 22 May 2025
Ballantine, June 3 Image Flashlight by Susan Choi Absences — of relatives, family memories and a historical record — abound in Choi’s slippery and explosive novel, which hinges on a Korean American family’s fateful trip to Japan.
—Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abound
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But there is part of me that actually believes Wayne was at his creative peak on 2004’s Tha Carter, where the Cash Money little brother with a chip on his shoulder collides with the looser, throne-craving supernova, ready to burst.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
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In Raleigh, North Carolina, a water utility organization uses AI to forecast which pipes are most likely to burst, helping crews replace them proactively.—
Darshan Tiwari,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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But others, including Grand Central Market, were already buzzing with customers.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Much of the cast, including creator Lin Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Groff, Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr. and Reneé Elise Goldsberry, walked the carpet embracing other stars who were buzzing with excitement for what the performance could be.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
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This teeming port city is home to Bollywood, stock markets, billionaire industrialists and millions of migrants, of collars blue and white, living in slums and skyscrapers.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
25 May 2025
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Because in the gutters — of which there are precious few in the Chomet — there would teem the magnificent tumults and silences that constitute and propel a life.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Photos posted online showed the snake arrived at a Virginia animal hospital with a bulging body.—
Simone Jasper,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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This week, they’re dominated by the moon, which enters its bulging gibbous phase in advance of next week’s full strawberry moon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Abound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abound. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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