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Recent Examples of aboundsAmid these troubled times, dotted by funding cuts, hope abounds with last week’s launch of the Australian Championship, a second-tier competition that aims to connect the top and bottom of the country’s football pyramid.—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Depth abounds in the backcourt.—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025 Optimism abounds, leaving the disappointment of last season’s 19-63 record in the rearview mirror.—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025 Starting at the Windigo Visitor Center, hikers can amble up to the Minong Ridge Overlook, which is around six miles round-trip, or take the four-mile round-trip route to Grace Creek Overlook, where wildlife abounds.—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025 Nature abounds with this colorful fall porch decor.—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025 Complexity abounds and compounds.—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 Along with the rainbow of color in the mountains, good beer abounds in Northern New England.—Em Sauter, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 The comments section of the New York Times, once the natural home of blithe, unexamined liberal Zionism, now abounds with people calling for a total suspension of military aid and diplomatic cover.—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Once a cushioned conduit to the other side, the casket now bursts with the wisdom of a life lived outside the box.
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Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
Later, as the film plays, the crowd bursts intermittently into laughter, cracking up at the clown-car quality of everyone piling into the van for the first time.
But locals embrace the town’s remoteness, enjoying the alpine trails that begin right off Main Street, the legendary ski terrain, and a downtown that hums with old mining town charm.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Oct. 2025
For example, from the front porch of a nearby house, wind turbines don't typically sound louder than a household refrigerator, which hums at around 55 dBA.
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