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groundswell

[ground-swel] / ˈgraʊndˌswɛl /


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Tuesday's service in Lisburn was arranged after the appeal triggered a groundswell of community compassion.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

After Bangladesh and Nepal, there has been a groundswell of Gen Z protests globally, felling governments in Madagascar and Bulgaria and unnerving rulers from Morocco to Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

They start small and transform into a groundswell.

From Salon Feb. 1, 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

The Exposition Company’s decision raised a groundswell of greed throughout Chicago’s South Side.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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