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Recent Examples of abounded
In the late 2010s and early 2020s, online shows like Sequester — which was created by Big Brother alum Audrey Middleton — and games organized entirely on Discord, an instant messaging platform, abounded.
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Charlotte Walsh, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
That’s a far cry from just a few years ago, when optimism abounded and a strong commitment to an EV-heavy portfolio translated into a higher share price.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Fortunately, solutions abounded.
—Ben Link, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
That afternoon, Mira was in the market for a tinted sunscreen, but distractions abounded.
—Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
There was also the fact that the women had been in a hothouse of writing, recording, and touring together throughout the turbulence of their early 20s; interpersonal conflicts abounded.
—Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 3 May 2026
Explanations abounded, many of them paranoid.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Suddenly, a Palace comeback was eminently possible and nervousness abounded.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Volvo was in trouble, and critics abounded, calling out the quality, cost, and range of the fleet.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Charlotte Walsh, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
That’s a far cry from just a few years ago, when optimism abounded and a strong commitment to an EV-heavy portfolio translated into a higher share price.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Fortunately, solutions abounded.
—Ben Link, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
That afternoon, Mira was in the market for a tinted sunscreen, but distractions abounded.
—Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
There was also the fact that the women had been in a hothouse of writing, recording, and touring together throughout the turbulence of their early 20s; interpersonal conflicts abounded.
—Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 3 May 2026
Explanations abounded, many of them paranoid.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Suddenly, a Palace comeback was eminently possible and nervousness abounded.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Volvo was in trouble, and critics abounded, calling out the quality, cost, and range of the fleet.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abounded
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Everything buzzed in Gateway Center Arena in College Park as the Dream completed an impressive comeback.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
24 May 2026
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Aside from the prize-winners, this year’s selection also featured market breakout Club Kid and the buzzed about opening film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
Verb
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But among the regular assortment of items that would burst the seams of your bank account or your apartment’s square footage, this year’s design week featured all sorts of small, excellent objects, and many of them were even affordable.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
23 May 2026
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Their easy, hedonic seductiveness emerges, too, via Yuskavage’s lush, rounded, fleshy brushstrokes (a different sort of stroke material, for the patriarchy or for anyone else), which render everything from boobs to bellies to nipples smooth and swollen, like a succulent fruit fixing to burst.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
Verb
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Her stomach bulged beneath her I ❤ FLORIDA boatneck and her face was round and waxy-pale.—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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The Apple engineers’ eyes bulged in astonishment.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Five racks of computer servers hummed in a futuristic yet industrial-looking classroom at Atlanta Technical College, south of downtown.—
Mirtha Donastorg,
AJC.com,
26 May 2026
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Ventilators hummed in an intensive care unit.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 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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Conversations between the two often brimmed with lessons on life, which Honda carries close to heart.—
Julius Miller
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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The case file on Weaver’s murder that Logothetti ultimately inherited from her predecessors at the Everett Police Department brimmed with outlandish theories around her death involving money laundering and cocaine.—
Nina Giraldo,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Officers from multiple agencies swarmed, chasing Denis for more than 20 miles.—
Ella Moore,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
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Police swarmed the center after receiving calls of an active shooter and found a crime scene that expanded across several blocks in the area.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Nearby Shingle Creek overflowed beyond its banks, while water flowing from neighborhoods north of State Road 50 and State Road 408 poured into the same basin serving Orlo Vista.—
Greg Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Pepper’s—and the music overflowed with vision, meaning, and symphonic drama.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
24 May 2026
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“Abounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abounded. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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