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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
New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Other examples abound of large performance fees exceeding cash realizations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Questions abound, though, about the reliability of AI agents - and there are concerns they will use their autonomy to act erratically.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Surely this religion had more than one story in its bag—religions abound with stories.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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And sheer uncertainty abounds over how to handle raw fruits and veggies while this parasite crawls about.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
While scepticism abounds among this generation of students, some believe AI may be able to solve some of the very problems it's exacerbating.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
And his enthusiasm, which generally abounds, seems a bit tempered this time around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Designed by Canadian interior decorator Lori Morris, the mansion abounds with upscale finishes and chic glamour.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
The official ideology abounds with contradictions even where there is no practical reason for them.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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That was a different time, when optimism abounded at the beginning of the Stokes era.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Before the offering, predictions abounded that SpaceX would be too big for the stock market to handle.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 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
While Friday’s moves were muted, new highs have abounded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
In the afternoons, however, we sat in the courtyard while Pita lay out in the sun on a wrought-iron bench, recuperating among the myriad of colorful mariposas that abounded in that heavenly place.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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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
All of these apartments were in neighborhoods that just happened to be highly family-friendly, with babies abounding.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2025
Ginnie openly considered Selena the biggest drip at Miss Basehoar’s—a school ostensibly abounding with fair-sized drips—but at the same time she had never known anyone like Selena for bringing fresh cans of tennis balls.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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