resurface
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The idea never gained traction, Canadian officials said, and Carney didn’t try to resurface it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The five entered the water at Vaavu Atoll on Thursday morning, local media said, and were reported missing when they failed to resurface later on.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
The crew of the diving vessel they were travelling on reported them missing when they failed to resurface later on.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
What we throw away doesn’t take long to resurface, sometimes in the form of a witty, wise and gripping memoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Worse, neither Marti nor anyone in the CIA knew TRIGON's fate—or if he would ever resurface.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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
It spikes whenever he’s in Sam’s presence, and drives him up the wall when another figure from his past resurfaces to remind him of his failures.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
A few seconds later he resurfaces and waves up to me.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
Instead, the pretrial this month resurfaced the schisms.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
Those budding relationships with the Stormont parties were quickly tested as old arguments about funding for the executive resurfaced.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The photos resurfaced two years ago, when Yamal’s father posted it online with the caption “The beginning of two legends.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The history of the Jews of Jedwabne resurfaced in 2001, when Polish-American historian Jan T. Gross highlighted the role of Polish villagers in his book "Neighbors".
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
I asked, blinking at him as I resurfaced from the sailor’s story.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“While compacting the concrete aggregate base in advance of final street resurfacing, water began to pool at the surface toward the eastern edge of the work area,” the utility said in a news release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
He then fell quickly from grace, before resurfacing last year as if his demise had never happened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
He said: "A pothole hasn't got politics, it just needs fixing. But a pothole is only a sign of failure of resurfacing and maintaining the network."
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Workers on Saturday were resurfacing the bottom of Washington's famous Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with "American flag blue"-colored material used in swimming pools, following an order by US President Donald Trump.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
“I mean, I’m — I’m in Gryffindor, I’m . But he fell silent, a lurking doubt resurfacing in his mind. “
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
