groundswell

Example Sentences

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Some are speaking up, but I don't yet detect a groundswell of pressure.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

They start small and transform into a groundswell.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

Speaking to Variety, he said the groundswell of support “was really nice.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Moltbot, an open-source AI bot that runs on Anthropic’s Claude, generated a groundswell of excitement online over the weekend.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

White Southerners could ignore the groundswell of discontent, but, especially following World War II, blacks were simply not going to tolerate a life separate from and unequal to the American mainstream.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson