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Recent Examples of abounded
Pajama sets also abounded, from immediate renditions in pink poplin with contrasting piping to less literal interpretations, such as a turquoise version with scalloped hems and embroideries.
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 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
The possibilities abounded when Patrick Bailey stepped to the plate with the bases loaded in the 10th inning Friday night.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 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
Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 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
The possibilities abounded when Patrick Bailey stepped to the plate with the bases loaded in the 10th inning Friday night.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 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
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When [ecologist Lars] Chittka gave bumblebees an extra jolt of sucrose, their favorite food, the bees buzzed with delight.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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Stateside, Atlanta buzzed as Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Stephanie Mills shared the stage for The Queens!—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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One of the most famous bubbles that burst was the 2000 dotcom crash where the value of internet companies plummeted.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Related Stories His latest is a blunt cinematic instrument — loud, loaded and bursting with carnage and ideological angst.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
2 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
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Hundreds of agents swarmed apartments in the multi-story building, detaining several American citizens, including children, for hours and netting 37 total arrests.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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If Pino had not killed himself on the morning of July 16, 2024, as FBI agents swarmed his Cocoplum home, he would have been charged in the indictment as the lead defendant who directed the murder-for-hire conspiracy that unfolded in two parts.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Sep. 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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While the sewerage district's original estimate suggested about 20,000 gallons of wastewater overflowed, half of that was recovered and treated.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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