upsurge
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The economy experienced a brief upsurge in hiring in the first four months of 2026 before it petered out.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
The airline had launched additional flights to Europe in March and April "to cater for an upsurge in market demand as passengers prioritised alternative routings".
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
These days, the upsurge in streaming television and its hunger for content has made books an even more ubiquitous source of intellectual property for the small screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
“The upsurge in oil prices is leaving an appreciable imprint on global inflation,” Citi analysts said in a note on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Meanwhile, farmers in Louisiana showed growing reluctance to sign up for the project as it became evident that use of chemicals against the fire ant was causing an upsurge of insects destructive to sugarcane.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
There have been previous upsurges of mass protest.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
Extreme weather events like floods are overwhelming health services, displacing communities, causing upsurges in infection and interrupting treatment in many different places, the report said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 17, 2023
After that, anomie set in, broken now and then by upsurges in talk of further manned voyages to the moon and a new quest to place astronauts on Mars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
Parkview’s Dr. Jason Row said recent upsurges in cases and hospitalizations at his facilities seem to mirror some dropped caution as stay-at-home rules are relaxed.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2020
More recently, many of these troops have been redeployed back to Burundi to deal with periodic upsurges in rebel activity.
From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
That's certainly what I think happened with Ariel – her whole trauma, her father's death upsurged.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2013
In the same way, all retailers and many manufacturers were being squeezed by upsurging commodity prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
To hold the opinion that this upsurging of peoples can be met by proletarian-democratic compromises is childish.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was followed by an upsurging wave from the ocean, which added to the fear of the people, but which receded slowly and with little damage.
From Plotting in Pirate Seas by C. A. (Charles A.) Federer
And it was true, I could feel, just as I dreamed, the upsurging of the feeling, brimming over, boiling up, brimming over.
From The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The play of water evokes a melody of line and the result is a sense of upsurging joy.
From The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry by W. G. Archer
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