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abound

[uh-baund] / əˈbaʊnd /


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But as any parent with children applying to college can tell you, diversity prompts abound on essay questions, and land acknowledgments remain here and there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Stories abound of local townspeople seeing energy bills soar when they are asked to foot the bill for the infrastructure needed to power new data centres, or finding their already stretched water supplies further diminished.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

On Reddit, and across Microsoft’s own Tech Community forums, more such claims abound of surprise deletion without notification.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

The disaster has claimed over 4,000 lives and injured almost 17,000 more people, and questions about the economic impact abound.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

Skunks abound, and foxes and coyotes and wolves and weasels—all predators.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Optimism abounds, even on the city website, which promotes it as “one of the fastest growing suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Trading apps have replaced bucket shops, but Wall Street abounds with eerie parallels to 1901.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

On YouTube, the very same platform hosting Duffy’s vapid post-vacation slideshow, content abounds showing soccer lovers’ appreciation for our fast-food joints, rowdy dance clubs and ranch dressing.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Speculation about the president’s health, and how he is aging, abounds.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

The official ideology abounds with contradictions even where there is no practical reason for them.

From "1984" by George Orwell

This proved true, for the most part: Many visitors clearly knew and loved “Star Wars,” and Princess Leia buns and Yoda ears abounded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Bright spirits have abounded on so far on Saturday, although the festival was noticeably quieter in the afternoon than in previous years.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Before the offering, predictions abounded that SpaceX would be too big for the stock market to handle.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Epstein references abounded on signs at the rally; Routhier, who was also wearing a fuzzy pig hat, was one of hundreds who had worked Trump’s exchange with the reporter into their protest gear.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025

Questions about Kennedy’s death abounded: Did the Communists kill Kennedy?

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Despite theories abounding as to how he got there, police say there is no evidence at this point to suggest a crime has been committed.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026

To solve these labor shortages, countries should utilize workers from around the world, with talent abounding in developing regions like Africa and South East Asia, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Psalm 103: “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

All of these apartments were in neighborhoods that just happened to be highly family-friendly, with babies abounding.

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2025

Ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding blessed isles.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald


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