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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engulfment
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Social media can create a massive surge in attention for a boycott in a short time frame, generating media coverage.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025 -
Traditionally, many Native agricultural operations are centered on livestock production, but there has been a surge in businesses investing in processing facilities to keep food production within Native communities.—
Oweesta,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The outflow of young families from NYC is devastating our economy.—
Shahana Hanif,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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This sustained outflow is naturally putting pressure on Bitcoin’s price, signaling that investors are no longer pouring in funds at the same pace as before.—
Vinamrata Chaturvedi,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2025
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But Storey’s post struck a chord, garnering more than 22 million views and a flood of comments.—
Kristen Mascia,
Parents,
4 Mar. 2025
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Rescinding congestion pricing’s approval now would potentially violate the Administrative Procedure Act and certainly invite a flood of legal challenges.—
Betsy Plum,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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When conflict in Ukraine sharply escalated three years ago this week, there was an immediate outpouring of support from donors.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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The timing of Young’s Ukrainian show announcement seems rather pertinent given the outpouring of global support received by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (Feb. 28).—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
3 Mar. 2025
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Hotels have had a strong recovery since the washout year of 2021.—
Fritz Kaegi,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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An east wind will maintain a higher risk of rip currents along the coast, but overall, the holiday period will not see a washout.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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The mill also created a close-loop water system for zero discharge.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, eye discharge or tear stains: This can irritate the skin and may need gentle cleaning.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In the next slide, the two pals posed for a gym selfie.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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During a February sell-off for fintech stocks, Block plunged almost 30%, its steepest decline since 2022, alongside drops of 20% or more for PayPal and Coinbase and a 9% slide in shares of SoFi.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Most new titles from book publishers float into bookstores like flood tides in winter, summer and fall.—
Scott Burns,
Dallas News,
20 July 2023
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These enclaves, once the backbone of Ukraine’s agricultural eastern steppe, were reduced to ruin as the war passed over them like a flood tide.—
Natalia Yermak Mauricio Lima,
New York Times,
14 July 2023
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“Engulfment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulfment. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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