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adjective

as in rolling

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verb

present participle of surge
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as in streaming

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as in skyrocketing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surging
  1. rolling
  2. streaming
  3. skyrocketing
  4. swelling
  5. pouring
  6. rocketing
  7. gushing
  8. increasing
Adjective
  • Five people entered the business and one threatened an employee with a handgun while the others stole boxes containing vaping devices, cartridges and dozens of packs of rolling papers, police said.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
  • Toyota still isn't interested in making a rolling smartphone with a steering wheel attached, an approach which has backfired for other automakers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 July 2026
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Verb
  • And the track is now streaming, preceding One Tribe Nation's July 25, 2026 performance at the Den Studios in Los Angeles as well as the release of the full-length album 'Estado Dorado' later this year.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • The Five-Star Weekend is now streaming all episodes on Peacock.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Definition of streaming
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Tesla is concerning investors with skyrocketing costs.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • The breakneck growth of the AI industry has meant skyrocketing demand for data centers.
    — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 23 July 2026
Definition of skyrocketing
Adjective
  • The hope was this would mean less swelling, less pain and, potentially, a significantly faster recovery.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • Another effective anti-swelling remedy is a delicious snack that may be hiding in the fridge.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of swelling
Verb
  • Yet companies are pouring vast amounts of money into data centers and expensive software from the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • When the polls closed, at six o’clock, thousands of actas started pouring in.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of pouring
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  • Shares have fully recovered from a deep dive early last year, rocketing more than 40% in the past 12 months.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Buffalo Gap National Grassland is wide open in every direction—no trees, no buildings, nothing to blunt the gusts—and my bike zigzags, rocketing my stomach into my esophagus.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Definition of rocketing
Verb
  • Waterhouse sat down for a rare interview with British Vogue and could not stop gushing about her man.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 18 July 2026
  • Deschamps was by now gushing over Mbappe, arguably the form player of the tournament.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of gushing
Verb
  • Too fearful of discrimination to go to hospitals for antiretroviral drugs, many transgender people have stopped taking them — significantly increasing their risk of transmission.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • OpenAI disclosed the incident in a blog post on Tuesday, a stunning announcement that is certain to set off alarm bells across the industry about the increasing power of AI models and the risk of them going rogue.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 July 2026
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