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upsurge

[ verb uhp-surj; noun uhp-surj ]

verb (used without object)

upsurged, upsurging.
  1. to surge up; increase; rise:

    Water upsurged. Crime upsurged.



noun

  1. the act of surging up; a large or rapid increase:

    an upsurge in sales.

upsurge

verb

  1. literary.
    intr to surge up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a rapid rise or swell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of upsurge1

First recorded in 1915–20; up- + surge
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The adverts, started in 2023 under the Conservative administration, followed a upsurge in Albanian migration to the UK.

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However an upsurge in communal violence in one part of northern Ghana has raised concerns that the jihadists are trying to exploit the conflict to their advantage.

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This has led to an upsurge in air strikes aimed at targeting them.

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However, there are some signs that the upsurge in mpox infections is reducing, according to medics working at a clinic in eastern DR Congo.

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Water pollution and warming seas are credited with the upsurge in sargassum, another cataclysmic result of climate change that the Caribbean has done little to contribute to but often bears the brunt of.

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