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While anecdotal reports of AI supplanting jobs abound, economists have struggled to find concrete evidence that it is causing widespread job losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Skeptics abound when it comes to compute futures, with some critics comparing the idea to internet bandwidth futures launched in the dot-com era, which failed after a supply glut of fiber-optic networks sent prices plunging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Uncertainties abound, he said, including how big the surf may get and how severe coastal flooding may be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Stories abound of local townspeople seeing energy bills soar when they are asked to foot the bill for the infrastructure needed to power new data centres, or finding their already stretched water supplies further diminished.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Afros abound, music's playing through the intercom, and a river of students swirls around us.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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Optimism abounds, even on the city website, which promotes it as “one of the fastest growing suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
On YouTube, the very same platform hosting Duffy’s vapid post-vacation slideshow, content abounds showing soccer lovers’ appreciation for our fast-food joints, rowdy dance clubs and ranch dressing.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Her book abounds with busybody advocacy groups, donor advisory networks and consultancies run by know-nothing 20-somethings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Speculation about the president’s health, and how he is aging, abounds.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
The official ideology abounds with contradictions even where there is no practical reason for them.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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This proved true, for the most part: Many visitors clearly knew and loved “Star Wars,” and Princess Leia buns and Yoda ears abounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
After Kirk died, Amor said, she had questions as conspiracy theories abounded online.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
That was a different time, when optimism abounded at the beginning of the Stokes era.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Pendants and brooches packed with artificial intelligence abounded at the Consumer Electronics show, using cameras and microphones to watch and listen through the day like a vigilant personal assistant.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
Questions about Kennedy’s death abounded: Did the Communists kill Kennedy?
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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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
We live in a land of abounding quackeries and if we do not learn how to laugh, we succumb to the melancholy disease which afflicts the race of viewers-with-alarm.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
Write and define adjectives denoting abounding in, having the quality of, from the following nouns:—
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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