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resurface

[ree-sur-fis] / riˈsɜr fɪs /
VERB
occur or appear again
Synonyms


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However, she explains that when she is writing her early life experiences resurface.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

But it has already become a punch line that could resurface if he runs for president.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

Aiming to resurface the pool ahead of July 4 celebrations, the government had awarded a contract to a Virginia-based company, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, without a full bidding process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

His comments resurface an AI-safety dispute that was core to Anthropic’s schism with the Pentagon earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

After twenty minutes with no sign of the child, the primary diver would have to resurface.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

You know that campy video with the terrible special effects of Curry singing “Anything Can Happen on Halloween” that resurfaces every fall?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

I recently tried the “inverted filter” trend on TikTok that has been around for years and periodically resurfaces to highlight our inherent insecurities with how the world sees us.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026

Other family members expressed a desire for closure, with the DoJ quoting one family member who said "the grief resurfaces every time this case is discussed in court or other forums."

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025

The deep water that resurfaces in the Southern Ocean has been isolated for centuries or even millennia, accumulating large amounts of CO2.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025

“I can’t believe you guys,” Simon says when he resurfaces.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

Two months later, and back at work, the idea resurfaced and a song spilled out.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The debate has resurfaced after the Premier League announced last week that an independent commission had found the club guilty on more than 100 charges of breaking financial rules.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Concerns about his age resurfaced two years ago following an accident in the palace bathroom—he fell while cutting his nails and underwent emergency surgery to drain a brain bleed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Instead, the disease appears to have resurfaced in different parts of Europe over hundreds of years, potentially creating several new reservoirs where the bacterium could persist.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

As if he or she were playing on Petra and Calder’s fears, the thief resurfaced the next morning.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

It’s an argument that is easy to defend, though of course the resurfacing of these tweets has caused its own firestorm.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Nearly every project he has undertaken or planned, from resurfacing the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to renovating a public golf course, has been met with legal challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

That, in turn, forced city leaders to cut basic services, such as street resurfacing and streetlight repairs, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Those questions kept resurfacing throughout my reporting, particularly when I stopped talking to experts and started talking to people my own age.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

The island had come under repeated assault, prompting a resurfacing of Olmsted’s old anger about the compulsion of clients to tinker with his landscapes.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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