Groundswell

Definitions

1. A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
2. A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
   broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“An astonishing groundswell of support⟳ for the new Democratic frontrunner, Barack Obama, is threatening to sweep⟳ Hillary Clinton away in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary election of the 2008 presidential contest tomorrow.”

“The 1987 book British Piers was written at a time when Britain's seaside resorts were perhaps at their lowest ebb, with a groundswell of support⟳ for rejuvenation and conservation just beginning.”

“The public’s endorsement of the war lacks the patriotic groundswell that greeted the annexation of Crimea in 2014.”

“Investments in research⟳, deployment and scaling existing technologies are the initial ripples that will have⟳ to build⟳ to a groundswell of further action.”

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