abounded

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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

William H. Herndon, Lincoln’s future law partner and biographer, said “it was highly sophomoric in character and abounded in striking and lofty metaphor . . . the thing people expect from a young man.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Theories of body doubles abounded, as did the assertion that roads around Washington’s Walter Reed hospital had been shut down under conspicuous circumstances.

From Slate • Sep. 3, 2025

The island abounded with edible plants, many of which he recognized from illustrations in his encyclopedia.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig