groundswell

Example Sentences

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And yet, the groundswell of outrage that I expected from my community hasn’t materialized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Mamdani won a groundswell of support by promising bold and reasonable policies based on what the people told him.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Speaking to Variety, he said the groundswell of support “was really nice.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Moltbot, an open-source AI bot that runs on Anthropic’s Claude, generated a groundswell of excitement online over the weekend.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

But really no one was spared from the groundswell of hate.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad