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Recent Examples of abound
At Card Home for the Aged, which caters to independent retirees who can pretty much take care of themselves and are in good health, opportunities abound to socialize and get out of the room.
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Joshua Zatulskis, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
Moscovitch, in an interview about her play for the CBC, drew parallels between the Jon-Annie relationship and the Clinton-Lewinsky affair—in both, questions abound about the limits of consensuality when a man sleeps with a young woman who has far less power.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
Stories of treasure hunters abound, including one about a roofer who allegedly found a small cauldron and vanished, leaving his tools behind.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 22 May 2025
Ballantine, June 3 Image Flashlight by Susan Choi Absences — of relatives, family memories and a historical record — abound in Choi’s slippery and explosive novel, which hinges on a Korean American family’s fateful trip to Japan.
—Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Joshua Zatulskis, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
Moscovitch, in an interview about her play for the CBC, drew parallels between the Jon-Annie relationship and the Clinton-Lewinsky affair—in both, questions abound about the limits of consensuality when a man sleeps with a young woman who has far less power.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
Stories of treasure hunters abound, including one about a roofer who allegedly found a small cauldron and vanished, leaving his tools behind.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 22 May 2025
Ballantine, June 3 Image Flashlight by Susan Choi Absences — of relatives, family memories and a historical record — abound in Choi’s slippery and explosive novel, which hinges on a Korean American family’s fateful trip to Japan.
—Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abound
Verb
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Broadcast integrations included Stitch bursting onto the sets of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and SportsCenter.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
25 May 2025
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The appendix can burst within 24 hours or less of symptoms starting.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
17 May 2025
Verb
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The past few days also buzzed with celebrity appearances across the globe.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
27 May 2025
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This is an excellent time to set out for this buzzing city on Puget Sound.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
27 May 2025
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This teeming port city is home to Bollywood, stock markets, billionaire industrialists and millions of migrants, of collars blue and white, living in slums and skyscrapers.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
25 May 2025
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Because in the gutters — of which there are precious few in the Chomet — there would teem the magnificent tumults and silences that constitute and propel a life.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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After weeks of treatment his body is still skeletal, bones bulging through his skin.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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Subsequent scans revealed that the kitten had fluid on her lungs and showed signs of a hiatal hernia, which is when part of the stomach bulges through the diaphragm.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Abound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abound. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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