SWELLS (UP) Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

swells (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of swell (up)

as in increases

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Virgo August 23 – September 22 Your energy increases with a small tweak to your routine.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2026
August 23 – September 22 Your energy increases with a small tweak to your routine.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 26 Aug. 2026

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The move further escalates a trade war with the United States' northern neighbor that erupted after negotiations between the two countries collapsed over the weekend.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Recently ousted Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov escalates tensions by publicly demanding wartime elections, challenging Zelensky’s authority even as Ukraine’s constitution bars national votes under martial law and protests follow his removal.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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Fiber-rich whole foods provide vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other plant compounds that candy generally lacks.

— Amber Raiken, Verywell Health, 26 Aug. 2026
Pregnancy already places extraordinary demands on the body, and extreme heat compounds them — piling on dehydration, heat stress, skin infections and breathlessness at precisely the moment a body has the least margin to spare.

— Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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The event comes as China expands its robotics industry and competes to establish leadership in humanoid and autonomous machines, with more than 2,000 robots from 16 countries also taking part in the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
Now about 5½ months old, Crimson is thriving on three legs, quickly returning to playful, curious cub behavior as the Oakland Zoo expands its track record of rescuing orphaned mountain lions.

— Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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The Relic chip, of course, is the impetus for the main storyline of Cyberpunk 2077, where V inserts the experimental tech that contains the soul, in effect, of a real person.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
In honor of that legacy, Michelson often inserts Indigenous sovereignty into historically fraught public spaces.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026

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