bubble
noun
a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.
have bubbled
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present perfectof bubble.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The legal saga is a twist on the return-to-office tensions that have bubbled up at companies in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Organizing movements have bubbled up at companies ranging from Amazon to Home Depot.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Tensions have bubbled up between the co-anchors and the executive producer has already been replaced.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
“Bcause it had to have bubbled up to you that you moved to the States and everyone is like, ‘She should join the Beverly Hills “Housewives.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
We know not whence the dreadful word issues; it may be that endurance has reached its limit, and that indignation and anger have bubbled over.
From The Children's Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck
