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swell

[swel] / swɛl /






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By 2034, the robo-adviser industry’s market size is expected to swell more than sevenfold, to $102 billion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Zhou's family is among tens of thousands of people in Guangxi displaced from their homes since Typhoon Maysak swept the region over the weekend, causing rivers to swell and dam walls to break.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

The costs of powering AI processors, generating electricity, and building data centers continue to swell.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Salim says that both show the dangers of allowing pride to fester and swell unchecked.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

It made my heart pinch and swell all at once.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Condos are becoming cheaper as inventory swells — but experts warn that the list price doesn’t paint the full picture.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

They spray confetti into the audience to punctuate their biggest songs, and add an honorary fifth member, Ryan Malcolm, to flesh out their sound with swells of keyboard and additional rhythm guitar.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

And if out-of-towners are visiting, the ranks of the older timers swells a few more.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Wellington Mayor Andrew Little declared a state of emergency on the eve of the swells for seaside residents in Owhiro Bay, Island Bay, Houghton Bay and Breaker Bay.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

As the breeze freshened, small ripples became wavelets; the wavelets grew into swells.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Average late-stage venture rounds have swelled from $65 million for a Series D investment, to over $1 billion so far this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

However, the firm's net debt also swelled to £18.5bn from £16.8bn as it said it "continued to fund the business through... debt and internally generated cash flows".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

The volume of complaints across Facebook, LinkedIn, and local news desks has swelled rapidly over the past month.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

Micron Technology’s margins have swelled thanks to an extreme imbalance of supply and demand for its memory chips.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

Nathan’s palm swelled again, so he reached into his pocket to hold the necklace.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Over Christmas, he landed in the emergency room after waking up with a swollen face and tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The officer asks Digwa: "Are you injured?" to which Digwa replies: "Yeah, yeah, I've got a swollen eye here, a little bruise here."

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

Nearly 73% of patients achieved at least a 20% improvement in tender and swollen joints, more than half saw a 50% improvement, and 36% saw a 70% improvement.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Another concertgoer wrote that Sykes’ face was visibly swollen by the end of the show, and additional videos from the concert show him performing with a fresh welt near his eye.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

“We’ve missed you so much, Butt,” said Frederick, and he patted my swollen face.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Instead, she was left with severe swelling, an open wound and a legal dispute with the surgeon who performed her botched procedure in Kyrgyzstan.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

“Measles spreads easily and can lead to serious complications, including pneumonia, brain swelling, and even death. With summer travel underway, the risk of exposure to infectious diseases may increase.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

And, at every step of the tournament, they would have the swelling support of playing on home soil.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

But 19 days later, the boy began experiencing numbness and swelling on his face.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

He could see the peach swelling larger and larger as clearly as if it were a balloon being blown up.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl




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