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Recent Examples of surges
Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Speaking of surges, Rice appears to be emerging as the Yankees’ next star.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Warming waters and rising seas are intensifying storms, while higher tides and stronger surges are eating away at dunes and barrier beaches that once acted as natural protection.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Bieber isn’t the only artist to see a streaming boost from Coachella weekend one, with his fellow headliner Karol G also enjoying Spotify surges.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
Lightning can follow conductive pathways, and these precautions reduce the risk of electrical surges.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
These precautions help reduce the risk of electrical surges, as lightning can follow conductive pathways.
—Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026
The threat zone will shift each day depending on where surges of jet stream energy overlap with warm, humid air to trigger intense thunderstorm development.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
These precautions help reduce the risk of electrical surges, as lightning can follow conductive pathways.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
In fact, the summer peaks of COVID in 2024 and 2025 were worse than their respective winter peaks, according to the California Department of Public Health — a stark departure from the earlier years of the pandemic, when winter surges ripped through California with devastating regularity.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Speaking of surges, Rice appears to be emerging as the Yankees’ next star.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Warming waters and rising seas are intensifying storms, while higher tides and stronger surges are eating away at dunes and barrier beaches that once acted as natural protection.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Bieber isn’t the only artist to see a streaming boost from Coachella weekend one, with his fellow headliner Karol G also enjoying Spotify surges.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
Lightning can follow conductive pathways, and these precautions reduce the risk of electrical surges.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
These precautions help reduce the risk of electrical surges, as lightning can follow conductive pathways.
—Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026
The threat zone will shift each day depending on where surges of jet stream energy overlap with warm, humid air to trigger intense thunderstorm development.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
These precautions help reduce the risk of electrical surges, as lightning can follow conductive pathways.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surges
Noun
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The eye-catching structure is made up of rippling waves of floor-to-ceiling glass windows, giving the front-facing rooms semi-circle window nooks from which to take in the panoramic city views.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Apr. 2026
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Some states weaponized vouchers to resist integration, and this scheme began making waves across the American South in the 1950s and ’60s.—
Erykah Nava,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As for making the ad, Oyeneyin gushes to PEOPLE about working with Williams.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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And the casting of her onscreen son could not have been better, the actress gushes.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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According to this law, heat always flows from a hotter to a cooler object, which in turn increases that cooler object’s entropy.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
21 Apr. 2026
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The project increases Georgia’s already strong presence in the growing defense industry.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Less than a day earlier, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen had been plucked from 3-foot swells by helicopters and transported them roughly one mile to the USS Murtha.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Only the swells from the clusters of UConn fans could be heard by the end of their 71-62 victory in the national semifinals.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Only our cable streams through the TV, meaning that the cable company can cheap out and not send us another remote with numbers.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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As a result, AI music streams account for a small share of Deezer usage, hovering around 1–3 percent.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
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When demand rises, so will supply, advocates say, and the economies of scale will kick in and help lower upfront prices.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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As war burns across England, an army of commoners rises to face the King’s might in a fight for justice and survival, led by Garfield’s protagonist.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This matches the only other blue ring in the solar system, namely Saturn's E-ring that is produced by cryovolcanism on Saturn's moon Enceladus, which squirts geysers of water into space.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The main reason this position group jumps up so much is Georgia transfer Dominick Kelly, who provides key depth.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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As a viewer, your mind instantly jumps back to the pre-Jackson 5 brothers practicing in their living room in Gary, Indiana, in the 1960s.—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Surges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surges. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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