- present participle of surface.
surfacing
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“People who went through this would say, ‘I have seen this movie before,’” Feng Gu, an accounting professor at the University of Buffalo, told MarketWatch last week after reports of the Marvell-Lumentum deal began surfacing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Following the video surfacing, Galliano apologized, went to rehab, and, over the last few years, experienced a brand resurgence that some would call a whitewashing.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
On social media, people have complained about being filmed without their knowledge, with accounts surfacing of users disabling the white light that signals the glasses are recording.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Somewhere in the North Atlantic, the floats will keep diving, drifting and surfacing - measuring a circulation that is still moving, still mysterious, and still capable of surprise.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The only constant is my hair, which is always thick and straight, cut in such a way that if surfacing from a dive, my bangs would fall to my lower lip.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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