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Ocean waters became so hot that thousands of birds died because they could not reliably get fish on the surface.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

At lunch dockside in Boynton Beach, I see the flop of a manatee’s huge tail as it disappears below the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

All the drivers were battling with a Hungaroring track surface that was breaking up, especially in the final two corners, where Norris said it was especially difficult to judge the grip level.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

“These are leaks that we haven’t seen surface yet. Unfortunately, we’re still going to have situations where we do have a leak and we need to respond quickly.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

They remain as still as the surface of the grimy water below.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Algal spores may have turned the water green in places across Northern Ireland, but strong winds and heavy rain have kept surfaces too agitated for the formation of the very large-scale mats we've seen before.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Courts can be constructed on hard and soft surfaces, from clay to grass, with dimensions measuring are 27-feet wide—or 36 feet for doubles—and 78-feet long.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

It surfaces occasionally in securities disclosures, including when executives, directors or other big investors in public companies disclose share sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The memories Sonny eventually surfaces are more potent than anything she makes up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Precisely ground, the mirrors were able to start fires and project images onto flat surfaces, camera lucida fashion.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

During the whale watching sail from the Aquarium of the Pacific, a shark briefly surfaced, its fin visible.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

One of the outbreaks, which health authorities linked to shredded lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms, surfaced the important role played by a sprawling supply chain of farms, processors and distributors in the U.S. and Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Wolf said that Hugging Face initially had no idea where the attack originated when signs of it surfaced in mid-July but that the company was able to contain the breach.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Reports surfaced that Sony and Alamo Drafthouse, the theater chain owned by the company, have been in talks to take over operation of the venue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

When he surfaced, he was laughing and snorting with water up his nose.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Chunks of Trump’s beloved “American flag blue” paint job are surfacing.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026

By making the president an omnipresent figure, White House advisers are surfacing both vigor and flubs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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

My intention was to give younger people a context for the hate surfacing in the news and in political discourse and to give them a reason to hope.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama