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surging

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verb

present participle of surge

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for surging
Adjective
  • He’s trapped in rolling crises of his own making and is struggling to sell voters on the idea of a strong American economy.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Researchers have developed a mathematical framework to design knee-like joints in robots, called rolling contact joints.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Disney is now among streaming leaders, with Disney+, Hulu and ESPN raking in $450 million in profit last quarter.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The series aired from 2004 to 2010 on ABC (all seven original seasons are streaming now), with brief revivals in 2013 and 2019, plus the spinoff Celebrity Wife Swap from 2012 to 2015.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • And as traders bought more, the gains gathered steam, resulting in skyrocketing prices.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Faced with skyrocketing costs, some are delaying medical care or dropping their coverage.
    Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Another effective anti-swelling remedy is a delicious snack that may be hiding in the fridge.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Emails were pouring in on the computer screen beside owner Robert Kraft.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Beck also explained that hyperscalers now account for nearly 80 percent of global data center demand and are pouring investment into infrastructure to support AI computing, noting that industry-wide capital expenditure on data centers is projected to reach around $7 trillion by 2030.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The white metal surged dramatically last year, rocketing from around $30 per ounce to above $70 by late December.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • In the wake of market turbulence, investors turned again to gold and silver, again rocketing prices close to the all-time highs hit last week.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • A day after meeting with Jeffrey Epstein in 2013, billionaire Richard Branson sent Epstein an email gushing about their time together.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Light it before your guests arrive, and everyone will be gushing over how delicious your home smells.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Now, decoupling supply chains are driving manufacturing growth in the West once more, electric vehicles and home heat pumps need to be plugged in, and the makers of AI’s large language models have ever-increasing power needs.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The move marks a broader trend from the brand, which has been increasing its visibility to new markets through the world of sports, and, at the moment, none is hotter than that of F1.
    Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Surging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surging. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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