swell

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As the material takes in water, those regions swell differently, forming intricate patterns that only appear when the film is wet.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The valley has long, brutal summers with temperatures that swell to 120 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The volume of trade in services would meanwhile swell by 4.8 percent this year and 5.1 percent next year, WTO economists projected.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

What adults see, though, is a new swell of the unstoppable Korean Wave that is sweeping the world.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

The swell crashing on the windward side of the great blue tabular icebergs threw spray sixty feet into the air and down onto the boats, where it froze on the men.

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