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Recent Examples of abounded
Volvo was in trouble, and critics abounded, calling out the quality, cost, and range of the fleet.
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Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Talk of various collaborations between Blake and West has abounded for years, but little has actually come of it.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2026
Such metaphors abounded in the trial.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
A week removed from beating Canada in the gold medal game at the Milan Cortina Games, smiles and laughter abounded at the Boston Sports Institute in Wellesley, with a trio of USA hockey players back at practice with the Fleet.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Other more doc-style moments digress to explore the family’s history, which stretches all the way back to when Guinea-Bissau was a Portuguese colony and slavery abounded.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Excitement abounded at the summit at the possibility of turning data centers from water guzzlers into self- or semi-sufficient water producers.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Rumors abounded about where Fossett went into hiding Frank Fossett was gone but hardly forgotten.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
Speculation has abounded online that two of the moms included in said group are Mandy Moore and Hilary Duff, which French’s reps have denied, of course.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Talk of various collaborations between Blake and West has abounded for years, but little has actually come of it.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2026
Such metaphors abounded in the trial.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
A week removed from beating Canada in the gold medal game at the Milan Cortina Games, smiles and laughter abounded at the Boston Sports Institute in Wellesley, with a trio of USA hockey players back at practice with the Fleet.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Other more doc-style moments digress to explore the family’s history, which stretches all the way back to when Guinea-Bissau was a Portuguese colony and slavery abounded.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Excitement abounded at the summit at the possibility of turning data centers from water guzzlers into self- or semi-sufficient water producers.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Rumors abounded about where Fossett went into hiding Frank Fossett was gone but hardly forgotten.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
Speculation has abounded online that two of the moms included in said group are Mandy Moore and Hilary Duff, which French’s reps have denied, of course.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abounded
Verb
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Rivera and Baker were quickly buzzed inside and the two rushed up a flight of stairs after the suspect, the videos show.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Royals dugout buzzed with excitement as the ball went out.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
12 Apr. 2026
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Rico, his wife Michele and daughter Mia burst from their chairs and cheer as Domino flexes his arms, each sleeved in tattoos of dominoes, palm trees and a Cuban cafetera with biceps.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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My heart is constantly bursting open, while also breaking into a million pieces.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Apple engineers’ eyes bulged in astonishment.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Angelenos’ eyes bulged at the $1,500-a-head price tag.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The place once hummed with thousands of workers and their families, with a school, a day care and a sports center.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Sewing machines hummed, scissors snipped, patterns stretched across the tables.—
Itay Hod,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In Stubb’s Cave, strangler-fig roots teemed from ceiling apertures.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Come winter, beach towns like this one dotting the Atlantic Coast stretch of Florida surrounding Fort Lauderdale have long brimmed with French Canadian tourists and other snowbirds who arrive for warmth and sunshine.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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The minibar brimmed with complimentary sodas, addictively spicy small-batch pimento cheese Lowcountry Kettle Chips, and lemon sugar cookies from Charleston’s Own.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Overhead, vultures, crows and gulls swarmed, feeding on carcasses and insects and other waste.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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James Craig's comments come after several hundred teens swarmed downtown again over the weekend.—
Julia Avant,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Eggleston said her two nephews were just 10 yards from their apartment when the nearby reservoir overflowed and brought water rushing down the hill.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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In Michigan, heavy rains over the past few days, combined with snow melt, caused flooding on Monday when several rivers, including the Manistee River in northwest Michigan's Lower Peninsula, overflowed, officials said.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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