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swell

[swel] / swɛl /






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In paintings from that decade, Caland’s imagery of bodies swell, split, meld and dissolve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Laguna Beach, Dana Point and Carlsbad last week declared local states of emergency, citing coastal erosion and sand loss from the effects of a south swell brought on by Hurricane Marie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

All of these attendees were following the example set by those at the top: looking out for themselves and trying to swell their own stash.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Uranium supply growth has lagged market expectations, and UBS expects market deficits to swell into the 2030s and beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The whole jumble of loose pack hissed and rustled as it rose to the swell.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Regardless of its exact path, large ocean swells generated by the hurricane were expected to create hazardous conditions along portions of Mexico's southwestern and west-central coastlines in the following days.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Its San Diego office said Sunday morning would carry the highest flooding risks along Orange County and San Diego coast as swells, onshore winds and high tides combine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Video footage and photos show several streets under water in Newport Beach, California, through a combination of the tropical storm swells at sea and high tide.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

In a few seconds the CrossWave had squirted to its top speed of 55 mph and was skipping across the gentle swells in a blaring, brutalizing ecstasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Above us swells the silken cover like a baldaquin.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Construction costs have swelled to around $2.4 billion, up from an estimate of $1.3 billion in 2020, according to the report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

A separate source in Alamata told the BBC there was a worsening humanitarian crisis in the area, as the town swelled with people fleeing fighting.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In 2023, one of the wettest years in decades, the San Joaquin swelled to four miles wide at the site.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

The recent flood swelled to 20 times that level.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Summoned by the humans’ celebration, the Afterlife surged and swelled, straining the seam between the living and the dead.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

By the middle of 1849 the number of prospectors had swollen to more than 50,000, lured from every continent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease in which cartilage gradually breaks down, leaving joints painful, swollen and increasingly difficult to move.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"They'll coax excess lymph fluid from your swollen tissues toward your lymph nodes, where the lymph can reabsorb," he says - adding lymph nodes are found in the armpits, neck and groin.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He doesn’t know what caused it, but his feet are so swollen he struggles to walk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

His eyes, red and swollen at the lid, burned with admiration.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

They can include muscle and joint aches, stiffness and swelling, reduced strength and pins and needles.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Liberty was referred to see a specialist but while the family waited for answers, she developed swelling and pain in her left breast.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then came the swelling in his left foot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The queue of requests to connect to the grid has grown even faster, swelling to more than 400,000 megawatts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

During the night, my swelling started to go down, helped by the cold air, I guess, and as it went down, my bindings loosened.

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


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