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underscores

verb as in underline, emphasize

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The sight of parched, desert-like terrain in the world's largest rainforest underscores the alarming scale of the drought.

From BBC

Burns’ cyclical, sardonic prose underscores the unnamed narrator’s defenselessness against neighborhood gossip that marks the Milkman’s unwanted attentions as consensual.

The whiplash underscores the challenge before lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom this spring as they attempt to develop a state budget plan for the year ahead that funds schools, healthcare, roadways and other essential services.

That sentiment underscores a broader truth in the Golden State: Immigrants are critical to the economy in California, where about 10.6 million people — or 27% of all residents — were foreign-born as of 2023.

"This unfortunate event underscores the importance of vaccination," Mr Davis said in a statement.

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