groundswell

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There is indeed a groundswell, and Carter is one reason for it. the malaria summit at the White House, I had applied three months early to attend and cover it, but as far as I could tell the White House politicos blackballed me.

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  1. noun A sudden gathering of force, as of public opinion: a groundswell of antiwar sentiment.
  2. noun A broad deep undulation of the ocean, often caused by a distant storm or an earthquake.

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  • A real groundswell is a deep swell or motion of the sea, usually produced by storms far out in the ocean. —  The Word Detective
  • Her body lolled in its bed on the groundswell, and her breathing and pulse fell into a rhythm with it, he noticed, four breaths and six beats per swell, in a fluttering pulse, over and over. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Although I love some of these ideas, I think that none of them will get enough groundswell or uptake to make an impact on our testing and our email marketing efforts. —  The Email Wars
  • Mark_Wolf Sounds like a Sonny Weems groundswell is building. —  RockyMountainNews.com
  • New Likudniks are being minted each day as the groundswell for Netanyahu grows.
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