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Example sentences for: upsurge

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A NYT front-pager warns that the social ill effects of fearing the Y2K problem--such as bank runs, hoarding of food and gas, fires caused by newly acquired wood stoves and a rise in gun violence accompanying the upsurge in gun sales to those fearing post-millennial-bug civil unrest--could end up being much worse than any pure outcome of the problem itself, especially since the actual problem is being attacked with billions of dollars of remediation.
And although, for instance, the Times mentions an upsurge of unsafe sex practices among gay men, and the problems of instilling effective prevention among intravenous drug users, USAT never mentions the words "gay" or "sex" or "intravenous drugs."
Riding the crest of this economic upsurge were the zaibatsu conglomerates — a dozen family-run combines, each involved in mining, manufacturing, marketing, shipping, and banking.
A front-page WSJ feature on the current upsurge in home buying notes a troublesome undercurrent.
Why the upsurge of interest?