upsurge

Example Sentences

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Investors have been fleeing the AI trade—not withstanding a dramatic upsurge today—with one exception: data center real estate investment trusts.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

When that did not lead to a sustained upsurge in births, authorities announced that they would allow up to three children per couple in 2021.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

In 1917, during World War I, Weber detected an upsurge of irrationality that suggested sociology cannot master religion—the return of the ancient gods as disenchanted “impersonal forces,” notably in the impolite social form of politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Some observers have predicted an upsurge in migration in the coming months.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

Then she relaxed into the tremendous upsurge as huge torrents of water heaved her toward the surface.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older