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surface

adjective as in external

verb as in come to the top of

Strong matches

Weak match

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The Cambridge graduate had initially consented to treatment, the coroner said, adding that "doubts about consent only surfaced after Mrs Shemirani became involved".

From BBC

Stories of abuse that had been hidden for decades surfaced, as did the names of prolific abusers, some of whom were still working with minors.

Last year, another Uganda opposition figure, Kizza Besigye, mysteriously disappeared in Nairobi only to surface four days later in a military court in Uganda, where he faces treason charges.

From BBC

As reports of the split surfaced this week, so did speculation and theories about what caused the breakup.

“They need those trees because our temperatures are easily up 5 degrees because there’s so much reflected heat from hard surfaces and no trees to buffer it.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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