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Recent Examples of abounded
Big hits, net-front scrums and cross-checks abounded.
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Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Still, buzz abounded, particularly around the season’s wave of designer debuts.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
To Danielson’s point about spreading the wealth offensively, 10 different receivers hauled in passes from Madsen, and highlights abounded for the 10th straight sellout crowd at Albertsons Stadium (32,904).
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
While Cardi’s position in the rap game was hardly questioned in earnest, questions abounded.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
Comparisons abounded to Mussolini’s Italy, Pinochet’s Chile, and Hitler’s Germany.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
However, rumours abounded on the social networks earlier in the day that Torres had threatened to quit the jury over Payne’s refusal to award The Voice of Hind Rajab the Golden Lion.
—Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Over Labor Day weekend, internet rumors abounded over the president's health.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Allegations of censorship quickly abounded on social media, forcing TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey to promptly reinstate the film’s invitation in a complete course reversal within 24 hours.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Still, buzz abounded, particularly around the season’s wave of designer debuts.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
To Danielson’s point about spreading the wealth offensively, 10 different receivers hauled in passes from Madsen, and highlights abounded for the 10th straight sellout crowd at Albertsons Stadium (32,904).
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
While Cardi’s position in the rap game was hardly questioned in earnest, questions abounded.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
Comparisons abounded to Mussolini’s Italy, Pinochet’s Chile, and Hitler’s Germany.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
However, rumours abounded on the social networks earlier in the day that Torres had threatened to quit the jury over Payne’s refusal to award The Voice of Hind Rajab the Golden Lion.
—Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Over Labor Day weekend, internet rumors abounded over the president's health.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Allegations of censorship quickly abounded on social media, forcing TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey to promptly reinstate the film’s invitation in a complete course reversal within 24 hours.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abounded
Verb
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Doors being locked and customers needing to be buzzed in.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
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But even as the house buzzed with happiness, Shannel was battling a nagging headache.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Simpson has burst onto the scene in his first year as the Alabama starter after taking over for Jalen Milroe.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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About 700,000 years later, the strait burst open again, and a brutal megaflood filled the Mediterranean in a matter of months.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Offense has largely hummed when Bo Nix is decisive.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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Lost in our mind frequency, which hummed loud now like a drone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The back yard brimmed with raucous laughter and talk of high-school sporting successes and the tribulations of the Dallas Cowboys.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Instead, his monologue brimmed with humanity.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With 39 seconds left and the ball on the Chargers’ 41-yard line, the Dolphins’ defensive front swarmed Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert for what looked like a sack.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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On defense, Vanderbilt has swarmed opposing backfields, as five players have at least four tackles for loss.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The table overflowed with flavors that felt like home.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2025
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During the last government shutdown, which went on for more than a month between December 2018 and January 2019, national parks were vandalized and trash and human waste overflowed.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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