Definition of "upsurges" [upsurges]

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

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