groundswell

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After Bangladesh and Nepal, there has been a groundswell of Gen Z protests globally, felling governments in Madagascar and Bulgaria and unnerving rulers from Morocco to Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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

There is also usually a groundswell of opinion against the decision among ex-professionals and pundits - and that's regardless of the merits in law.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

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

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad