Surged in example sentence

Last week, the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) reported that the number of refugees worldwide surged by more than 20% last year, to 19.5 million, with the total number of people displaced by conflict reaching a post-World War II high of nearly 60 million.

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After the Industrial Revolution, the human incidence of cavities surged because suddenly we had technological advances that made refined sugar cheaper and accessible.

But the creatures surged out in a gruesome cloud.

While the clan welcomed the Argonauts with open arms, the monsters surged down from the mountains and hurled rocks at the docked ship.

In the 8th century CE, Vikings surged across the misty seas.

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