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Recent Examples of abounded
Other instances of recreational nerding out abounded.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 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
At first, worry abounded over whether the county could afford purchasing the land.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
That shift was especially apparent on the runways, where grandpa shoes abounded.
—Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2025
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 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
At first, worry abounded over whether the county could afford purchasing the land.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
That shift was especially apparent on the runways, where grandpa shoes abounded.
—Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abounded
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Sacramento’s Railyards District buzzed with activity in recent weeks.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Texts from friends buzzed his phone.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Picturesque wind instruments suddenly burst forth as if a flock of birds were flying over the pyramids.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Wembanyama burst around it, received a pass and threw down a dunk.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Taking new measurements, the researchers saw that as fluid gushed between cells, creating indentations in their cell membranes, bubbles mostly bulged into weaker cells.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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The surrounding metropolitan area has similarly bulged.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The laser-cutting machine hummed with life.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
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The nondescript industrial buildings once hummed away largely behind the scenes, powering the various facets of our online lives.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 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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Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at Super Bowl LX served as a robust celebration of culture that brimmed with symbolism and celebrity cameos.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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At the time the Academy West Investments affiliate bought University Park, which is two blocks from the UC Berkeley campus, the then-owners brimmed with confidence that the property offered plenty of upside.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Alan Simpson Photography A local photographer, Alan Simpson, captured the image of the man grinning widely from a window looking down at the street as bystanders shouted at him and police swarmed the area, Edinburgh Live reported.—
Lindsay Quella,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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As people sheltered less than 10 miles away in Jerusalem, streets in Ramallah swarmed with shoppers browsing meat counters, vegetable stalls and Ramadan sweets, some stopping to record the sounds of distant sirens and missile interceptions.—
CLAUDIA CIOBANU,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Residents packed the Independence council chambers to capacity Monday night and overflowed into the lobby, with security officers turning residents away starting 15 minutes before the meeting.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2026
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Martin recalls around age 11 coming home from school, finding his mother in the kitchen talking to herself while running water from the sink overflowed everywhere.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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