- present participle of surface.
surfacing
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“Grain-the dominant growth engine for both carriers through 2026-should remain healthy in absolute terms, but fade rapidly in terms of outsized growth contribution, increasing the importance of replacement growth surfacing elsewhere,” the analysts write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Children can, at times, sense their parents’ trauma surfacing in seemingly unrelated interactions, when Mom loses her temper or Dad goes silent.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 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
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
He was a newcomer, a black man in what was historically a white man’s business, surfacing from obscurity with a weird name and odd backstory, hoping to strike a chord with the common Democrat.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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