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resurface

[ree-sur-fis] / riˈsɜr fɪs /
VERB
occur or appear again
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However they have started rising again as tensions resurface, with the price of wholesale oil back above $100 a barrel.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Between 2018 and 2023, apparently there was a resurface of major trafficking and transiting in Liberia. Over the last one-and-a-half years, we've been surveilling them and this is the result of that operation," said Coleman.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Japanese stocks fell as concerns about the Iran conflict and higher energy costs resurface.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

There, I would sit on the clear sandy bottom of the river and let the current take me downstream, where I would resurface, put on my dirty clothes, and return to the farm.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

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

When she finds out what Margo’s doing, her internalized shame at having worked at Hooters once upon a time resurfaces.

From Salon ● May 4, 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

A few seconds later he resurfaces and waves up to me.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

But the testimony resurfaced as the basis of an investigation opened by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, when her office sent two subpoenas to the Fed in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Christina Applegate has resurfaced on social media after a lengthy hospital stay to show off her lovely locks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

I grew up to be a cognitive neuroscientist, and these memories resurfaced recently during my research on the transmission of trauma across generations.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 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

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

It’s been hard to tell what kind of comeback Williams is pursuing—if this is a quick resurfacing to play with Venus, or if she intends to fully recommit to the tour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Whitemountain Quarries had been carrying out resurfacing works on a 1.3km stretch of roadway for Donegal County Council.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

I wonder if she’s still afraid of him, in the way that I’m still afraid of him, like a nightmare that keeps resurfacing during the day.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth



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