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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swells (up)
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With their songs, colors, and variety, birds enrich our lives … and recent studies show that their immediate presence actually increases our well-being and happiness and can even prolong our lives!—
Seth Borenstein,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026 -
This increases your sensitivity to dietary cholesterol, which is found in eggs.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
4 Mar. 2026
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
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These goals and hopes will set you on a journey that augments your current situation.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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The mix of joy and anxiety among the Iranian diaspora in recent days reflects the complicated emotions many feel as violence escalates in the Middle East — especially those whose families fled the theocratic regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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The incident escalates broader tensions between the nations over Russian oil pipeline access and Hungary’s defiance of EU sanctions against Russia.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Using technology for medical crowdfunding amplifies social biases, says Davis.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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Initial rides are limited to select users in the Waymo app, the company wrote in a release, with broader availability expected as each service area amplifies.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
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But according to Play Work Repeat, the payoff compounds fast.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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After all, a credit card balance that seemed reasonable initially will balloon as the interest compounds on both the initial charges and the prior interest.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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This year, the event expands to Denton for the first time, with an immersive exhibition of artworks projected across the outdoor spaces of Quakertown Park.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Stay true to your roots and keep that handle intact even as your remit expands to podcasting and socializing.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Catherine’s ignored handmaid, Nelly (Hong Chau), inserts herself into everyone’s drama out of pique.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps most perceptively captivating is the sweetly cunning way Marczak inserts himself into the film.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Swells (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swells%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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