surfaced

past tense of surface
1
as in emerged
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road

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2
as in rose
to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier

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Verb
  • Last year, new evidence emerged in the case when Roy Rosselló said he, too, had been raped by José Mendenez, and the brothers' defense team discovered a letter written by Erik to his cousin in 1988 opening up about his father's abuse.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The record emerged from a period in which false narratives constantly swirled around the band.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • More trouble arose in the sixth, when the Mets drew back-to-back two-out walks off Evan Phillips to load the bases again.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The negative consequence for the other person is that their feelings are invalidated; the phrasing subtly implies that their emotions are solely their responsibility, even though those feelings arose because of your actions.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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  • Since then, additional decorative drives have appeared, many but not all of them branded tie-ins to entertainment or popular culture.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
  • This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine, an independent journalistic endeavor from Annual Reviews.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
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  • Those results have occurred even as Dudamel has made a huge effort to foster contemporary composition (typically not an old-school orchestra subscriber’s favorite programming), commissioning music from composers around the world.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The team was able to put together the subsequent geological processes that occurred after the massive collision.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • The incident happened Wednesday on a flight from Miami to Charlotte, North Carolina.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Engineers and operations experts can use this information to isolate where the mistake happened and why, and make changes accordingly.
    Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Surfaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfaced. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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