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Recent Examples of abound
Examples of petty beatings also abound, like footage from December showing two guys in Leeds, UK tossing a delivery robot into a bush, or video of one bot cracked open and left for dead on a Los Angeles sidewalk.
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Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
Lerner’s work, which abounds with liars, fiction begets fiction.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Volvo was in trouble, and critics abounded, calling out the quality, cost, and range of the fleet.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Traditional daytime water activities abound at this lake, but also plan to head out at night to see the Clarksville Bridge illuminated with twinkling lights that reflect beautifully on the water’s surface.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
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Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
Lerner’s work, which abounds with liars, fiction begets fiction.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Volvo was in trouble, and critics abounded, calling out the quality, cost, and range of the fleet.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Traditional daytime water activities abound at this lake, but also plan to head out at night to see the Clarksville Bridge illuminated with twinkling lights that reflect beautifully on the water’s surface.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abound
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After heavy rain, swollen streams can burst their banks, carrying mud and boulders down the mountainsides.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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Fernandez-Pardo burst down the left flank then slipped the ball between two defenders and found the unmarked Haraldsson at the far post.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Set the scene This is the city's most enviable address, where Orchard Road's buzzing energy meets the serenity of the Singapore Botanical Gardens.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Inside the Trivium Corporate Center manufacturing site in Catawba County, the air buzzed with the hum and loud drill sounds of production.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2026
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To accept that there will always be creatures teeming nearby, some of them agonizing, expelled from their days.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mason evokes the vibrant street scene vividly, with archive footage of the area’s teeming bars and even a nod to the Donut Time store immortalized in Sean Baker’s transgender High Noon story Tangerine.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Tar Heel pipeline isn’t exactly bulging with the kind of coach the UNC job could attract.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Apple engineers’ eyes bulged in astonishment.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Abound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abound. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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