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Recent Examples of upwelling
When upwelling is curtailed by winds or other factors, surface water temperatures can soar.
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
And seabed curtains could divert warm water toward other glaciers, the paper argues, or disrupt the upwelling of nutrients that feed phytoplankton—a crucial food for many other species.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
In a reverse process—artificial upwelling—cooler, nutrient-rich waters from the deep ocean would be pumped to the surface to spur phytoplankton growth.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Varying rainfall patterns and coastal upwelling both lead to more nutrient-dense waters, which only encourages algae growth.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
And seabed curtains could divert warm water toward other glaciers, the paper argues, or disrupt the upwelling of nutrients that feed phytoplankton—a crucial food for many other species.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
In a reverse process—artificial upwelling—cooler, nutrient-rich waters from the deep ocean would be pumped to the surface to spur phytoplankton growth.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Varying rainfall patterns and coastal upwelling both lead to more nutrient-dense waters, which only encourages algae growth.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upwelling
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Yardeni included a chart of durable goods inflation to show just how much tariffs have added to the pain in the pocketbook, the first upsurge since pandemic-era inflation driven by supply-chain constraints.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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The Georgia congresswoman said Trump’s rhetoric had led to an upsurge in threats against her, including an ominous warning of a pipe-bomb attack on her family business.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
18 Nov. 2025
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The council was established in April 2024, nearly three years after President Jovenel Moïse was killed at his residence, throwing Haiti into widespread upheaval.—
EVENS SANON,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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While Britain is suffering perhaps the most dramatic upheaval in the wake of the latest batch of Epstein files, association with the billionaire is popping up across the globe like a pandemic of questionable judgment.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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The report said that a thrust reverser indicator light wasn’t working before takeoff, but after the plane got into the air, the pilot’s altimeter and some other instruments weren’t working on the left side of the cockpit.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The rocket is the most powerful to ever make it off the pad with nearly 17 million pounds of thrust, almost twice as powerful as the Saturn V rockets used during Apollo as well as NASA’s Space Launch System rocket.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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For all the focus on United’s recent upturn in form, Fulham will arrive at Old Trafford on a run of just one defeat from their last eight league games.—
Graham Ruthven,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The oversold upturn would be confirmed with upside follow-through from the recent breakout, supporting a more decisive turnaround in 2026.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
29 Dec. 2025
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The factors behind this rise include transformative acquisitions, record gate fidelity, strategic global alliances, and a significant capital raise—each element contributing to this extraordinary uptrend.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The stock is still comfortably above a rising 200-day moving average, which has not been seriously tested since the uptrend began.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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Though the Bitcoin price experienced a sharp decline over the course of the last month, the cryptocurrency may have begun a new upswing.—
Jason Phillips,
Ascend Agency,
30 Jan. 2026
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Tim Seymour has been pounding the table about this on our show, rattling off a litany of reasons why the European economy is actually on an upswing--from higher defense spending to, believe it or not, deregulation!—
Kelly Evans,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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Yes, the scientific phenomenon that allows something to float or sink, also known as upthrust.—
Molly Longman,
refinery29.com,
9 July 2020
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From an upthrust of land in the Shawangunk Mountains, Alfred looked down at Lake Mohonk and was smitten.—
Karl Zimmermann,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Aug. 2019
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Oklahoma missed 7 of 8 three-pointers in the quarter, its only long-distance basket a heave from around midcourt by Verhulst just ahead of the halftime buzzer.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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Westbrook’s reaction came after Boucher took a final heave rather than dribbling out the clock, a move widely frowned upon around the league.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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