surfacings

Her life as a poet seems to be one of deep immersion punctuated by brief surfacings for gulps of air.

Jo Shapcott: I'm not someone chasing her own ambulance 2010

I think of those seven archetypes outlined above as common to us all, and I think many psychological states can be viewed as surfacings of (our own personal versions of) those archetypes.

Archive 2006-09-01 Hal Duncan 2006

I think of those seven archetypes outlined above as common to us all, and I think many psychological states can be viewed as surfacings of (our own personal versions of) those archetypes.

Magic 101 Hal Duncan 2006

Since the default collective response for LJ members seems to be create a group about it, I shouldn't have been remotely surprised to find an LJ community devoted to tracking hatbot surfacings and investigating the origin of the prank over at themissinghat.

[meta] tags, and missing hats badger 2006

Now, commercial vessels are notified of where those surfacings are to occur, though not the specific time.

CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Search Continues for Survivors of Submarine Accident - February 10, 2001 2001

"The high frequency of minke whale observations coupled with their behaviour in the estuary, frequent surfacings with much of their bodies visible, made these observations possible."

BBC News - Home 2011

"The high frequency of minke whale observations coupled with their behaviour in the estuary, frequent surfacings with much of their bodies visible, made these observations possible."

BBC News - Home 2011

It comes to an abrupt halt and dives just out of the net range, 5-7 from the line, thus making the surging roll at the surface, a movement markedly different from normal respiratory surfacings.

WN.com - Business News 2010

It comes to an abrupt halt and dives just out of the net range, 5-7 from the line, thus making the surging roll at the surface, a movement markedly different from normal respiratory surfacings.

WN.com - Business News 2010

But scaling the real time web has proved a challenge (e.g the frequent surfacings of the Twitter failwhale during big events).

UgoTrade 2009