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  • noun Plural form of upsurge.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upsurge.

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Examples

  • Alarming upsurges in birth defects and cancer rates are reported even in the state-controlled press.

    How I Survived China 2009

  • But Malick's wispy, gossamer qualities, his organic, handheld imagery – always seeking wonder in harmony and balance – seem in total opposition to Kubrick's head-on, locked-down fish-eye compositions, his fanatically precise tracking-shots, sudden upsurges of brutal violence and abiding pessimism.

    Is Terrence Malick assuming Stanley Kubrick's mantle? 2011

  • "The very notion that any human being would be deemed illegal is not only absurd but an indictment against the very system we live under," Solay told me while kickstarting their tour with The Wailers; a relationship formed by a mutual support of the recent upsurges in the world.

    Voto Latino: Outernational Releases 'We Are All Illegal,' Goes on Revolution Tour Voto Latino 2012

  • Alarming upsurges in birth defects and cancer rates are reported even in the state-controlled press.

    How I Survived China 2009

  • But even the most vivid imaginations would struggle to blame Israel for recent upsurges in regional instability.

    Ron Prosor: The Guardian's Assault on Peace in the Middle East Ron Prosor 2011

  • But Malick's wispy, gossamer qualities, his organic, handheld imagery – always seeking wonder in harmony and balance – seem in total opposition to Kubrick's head-on, locked-down fish-eye compositions, his fanatically precise tracking-shots, sudden upsurges of brutal violence and abiding pessimism.

    Is Terrence Malick assuming Stanley Kubrick's mantle? 2011

  • Historically, there has always been tension between the separation of church and state that the United States has enshrined in its Constitution and regular upsurges of religious faith, even religious extremism, that seek an outlet in the political process -- or even seek to dominate it.

    Naomi Wolf: God Crashes the Tea Party 2010

  • Historically, there has always been tension between the separation of church and state that the United States has enshrined in its Constitution and regular upsurges of religious faith, even religious extremism, that seek an outlet in the political process -- or even seek to dominate it.

    Naomi Wolf: God Crashes the Tea Party 2010

  • Sherman had also been feeling tremendous upsurges in power, which he did not know how to handle—hence the “Zen master” approach.

    When Animals Speak Penelope Smith 2009

  • From the FTP's 1936 production of a stage version of Sinclair Lewis's antifascist novel It Can't Happen Here, to the appropriation by its Living Newspaper troupe of the strikes and radical upsurges that dominated headlines, the FTP created a new model of socially conscious and federally subsidized theater.

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

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