afoot
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Increased monitoring and more advanced disease tracking can also amplify the sense that something new is afoot, even if it was always there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A similar spirit of reconciliation seems to be afoot in Wisconsin.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
But there is more afoot than a medical breakthrough, as Julia discovers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In Georgia Bernstein’s alluringly listless “Night Nurse,” something is afoot at a luxury retirement community.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
‘Ah well, whatever evil was afoot is over now, I hope; or else it is beyond our reach at present,’ said Aragorn.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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