groundswell
Example Sentences
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The groundswell of opposition may still not be enough to stop the project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Given that backdrop—and a recent groundswell of concern about AI agents going rogue—Meta can ill afford any user-privacy hiccups in Muse’s rollout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"It really was this huge groundswell… that was clearly saying: We want one of us to represent us in City Hall," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
We felt a groundswell in New England, so we did it, D.C. and the Steelers’ stadium in Pittsburgh in 2005.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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
