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In the Pacific's key monitoring region, surface temperatures have been well over 2C above average in recent weeks, putting it on track to be declared a "very strong" event.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
What's more, the sea surface temperature anomaly -- how much warmer the ocean is compared to average -- is already near record high, right in the middle of the Pacific hurricane season, Kirtman explained.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
It sets in when east-to-west trade winds ease, allowing warm water which normally piles up in the western Pacific Ocean to slide back east and rise to the surface.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
It is thought to be the result of peat bogs detaching from the bottom of the lake and floating to the surface.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
He kicked his way to the surface, and was shocked to see how far he’d been carried.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Like a pentimento, their brilliance began to gradually appear from beneath the tarnish, reflecting my face in their mirrored surfaces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
It urged legal changes and funding to help municipalities and cities unseal paved surfaces that store heat and to plant vastly more trees.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Coordinated satellite systems may play an important role in supporting human activities on the surfaces of the Moon or Mars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The attention to detail is extraordinary, from the half full jars of jam on the kitchen surfaces to the takeaway menus and personal trainer ads on the side of the fridge.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
There was another guy behind the old counter, wiping down the steel surfaces in the front kitchen and serving area.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
However, some tensions in the Russia-China relationship have surfaced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Rumblings of trouble surfaced in May—in Slate, no less.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
Scott had already finished shooting his thriller about the 1973 kidnapping of teenaged J. Paul Getty III when sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against Kevin Spacey, whom he’d cast as oil billionaire J. Paul Getty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
They said they were unaware of the company's difficulties until an investigative news story by the online magazine, The Cut, surfaced in September 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
A killer whale surfaced beside the ship, its black sides glistening and its white patches tinged a dirty yellow by algae.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Chunks of Trump’s beloved “American flag blue” paint job are surfacing.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
If the same concern keeps surfacing in different forms, the conversation hasn’t actually happened yet.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Chatbots have evolved from simple assistants into chatty companions, image generators have become dangerously good at making photorealistic content and new advanced models are said to be surfacing decades-old software bugs.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
With those will come more damaging documents surfacing in discovery and even stronger cases for plaintiffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
“No,” he gasped, surfacing fast to be spilled back into reality like someone beached by the crash of a wave.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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