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swell

[swel] / swɛl /






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County coasts from Wednesday evening through Friday due to the swell.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Openings typically swell when companies are getting ready to hire.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

The costs of powering AI processors, generating electricity, and building data centers continue to swell.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Among those who aspire to buy a swell little electric pickup?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

At last the kernels of corn began to swell, and they swelled and swelled until their skins split open and began to peel off.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The National Weather Service has repeatedly warned of dangerous rip currents and elevated surf in recent weeks as multiple southerly swells battered the coastlines of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Tropical swells generated by Hurricanes Elida, Fausto and Genevieve off Mexico have been slamming the shore for two weeks.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

The building alternately puckers and swells, like the indolent flexing of a muscle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Condos are becoming cheaper as inventory swells — but experts warn that the list price doesn’t paint the full picture.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

It promptly swells up, demonstrating the extraordinary elasticity of the little bit of air left in the bladder.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Those district court battles have grown increasingly heated as caseloads have swelled.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

He described how 17,000 residents were evacuated from his town during the night when the fire swelled two days ago.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Before, work in some parts of the company went through as many as 14 layers, and Xbox’s platform teams have swelled even as its player base has declined, its CEO said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

While the level of margin debt has swelled to around $1.4 trillion, it’s the rate of growth that is more relevant here.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

By the time I got to school, the music swelled in my headphones, and it was like I’d reached the top of a mountain.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

Inflammatory breast cancer is where cancer blocks lymph vessels which makes the breast red and swollen while triple negative breast cancer lacks hormones and HER2 receptors.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Katzenback said the airy feeling I had leaving my treatment was likely linked to temporary changes in fluid distribution, which can “make people feel less swollen or heavy, especially after travel.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

But the person's features were so swollen that she couldn't be sure it was her.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Richards’ ankle was so swollen after the injury that he had to use crutches.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

In two or three weeks towering clouds with swollen purple bottoms would rise out of the east.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

American Airlines lowered its annual profit outlook Thursday, hitting shares while the carrier pointed to swelling jet fuel costs as a negative counterweight to healthy travel demand.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

It occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy joint tissue, causing pain, swelling, stiffness, and progressive damage.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

Ex-smokers gain a slight increase in lung function weeks after quitting as swelling and inflammation settle down.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Providing a patient with additional vials of antivenom is dependent on several factors that include the swelling of the bite area, the patient’s pain level and blood work results, Vohra said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

He could feel it swelling up inside his boot.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis




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