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upsurge

noun as in increase

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Turks and Caicos is not alone in experiencing an upsurge in gang violence in recent years.

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More and more property listings are offering a passport too – and political and social volatility in the US is said to be fuelling an upsurge in interest.

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There have been previous upsurges of mass protest.

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There was also an upsurge in deadly clashes between farmers and ethnic Fulani herders in central Nigeria.

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But some don't – and her organisation has noticed an upsurge of anti-Ukrainian online abuse that began several months ago.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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