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abound

[uh-baund] / əˈbaʊnd /


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Portents abound in Ben Eastham’s ambitious debut novel, “The Floating World.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Stories abound of local townspeople seeing energy bills soar when they are asked to foot the bill for the infrastructure needed to power new data centres, or finding their already stretched water supplies further diminished.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

On Reddit, and across Microsoft’s own Tech Community forums, more such claims abound of surprise deletion without notification.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

The disaster has claimed over 4,000 lives and injured almost 17,000 more people, and questions about the economic impact abound.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

Rumors of gambling debt and magic both abound.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Evidence abounds that most college-educated Americans have lost the ability to assess risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Optimism abounds, even on the city website, which promotes it as “one of the fastest growing suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

On YouTube, the very same platform hosting Duffy’s vapid post-vacation slideshow, content abounds showing soccer lovers’ appreciation for our fast-food joints, rowdy dance clubs and ranch dressing.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Speculation about the president’s health, and how he is aging, abounds.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

The official ideology abounds with contradictions even where there is no practical reason for them.

From "1984" by George Orwell

That was a different time, when optimism abounded at the beginning of the Stokes era.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Kavanagh had never set foot in the state and part of his steep California learning curve was devouring as many newspapers — back when they abounded — as he could.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

Pendants and brooches packed with artificial intelligence abounded at the Consumer Electronics show, using cameras and microphones to watch and listen through the day like a vigilant personal assistant.

From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026

Epstein references abounded on signs at the rally; Routhier, who was also wearing a fuzzy pig hat, was one of hundreds who had worked Trump’s exchange with the reporter into their protest gear.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025

Rumors about Sing Sing abounded at the Academy, he knew.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Despite theories abounding as to how he got there, police say there is no evidence at this point to suggest a crime has been committed.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026

To solve these labor shortages, countries should utilize workers from around the world, with talent abounding in developing regions like Africa and South East Asia, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Psalm 103: “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

We live in a land of abounding quackeries and if we do not learn how to laugh, we succumb to the melancholy disease which afflicts the race of viewers-with-alarm.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024

Ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding blessed isles.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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