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ground swell

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Noun1.ground swell - an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment"
transition - a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
2.ground swell - a broad and deep undulation of the ocean
heavy swell
crestless wave, swell - the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea


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The foundations of Property and Propriety are laid bare, twin rocks; Family Pride flounders to the surface, puffing and blowing, and refusing to be comforted; Theology, vaguely ascetic, gets up a nasty ground swell.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
He chased them till he was tired, and then he curled himself up and went to sleep on the hollows of the ground swell that sets in to Copper Island.
The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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