Many of the pickup trucks that carry protesters to Bangkok were bought thanks to a surge in rural credit.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

I know they have said that, you know, after we declared our surge policy that they will send more troops.

我知道他们说过，我们宣布增兵计划后,他们会派来更多的士兵。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

You will find that, even if you succeed in discounting the attitudes of others to you and your life, you must wrestle with yourself most of all, fight with yourself, for there will surge up in you a strong desire to alter facts, to dress up your feelings.

你会发现，即使你可以忽略,其他人对你及你的生活的态度，你还得和自己战斗，几乎是和自己抗争，这样你就会有种强烈的欲望，要扭曲事实来添油加醋地描述你的感觉。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The surge came from a sudden release by a hydropower dam further up the river in the North's territory.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

In recent years, Somalia has seen a surge in ship hijackings that has netted pirates millions of dollars in ransom.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

He said a surge of foreign civilians to help with economic development and a variety of other issues is also needed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

military surge in Iraq, said multiple brigades of combat, support and training forces are needed to turn around a deteriorating situation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"We are confident the surge in U.S.military support, coupled with the increase in civilian and developmental assistance, is the best way forward,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The surge in exports comes as India turns into a production hub for cheap, fuel efficient cars.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

The Iraq surge involved about 20,000 U.S.combat troops over a period of a year and a half.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Analysts blame the sharp increase on the turbulent national elections and a re-emerging Taliban facing a surge of U.S.troops, determined to take the provinces.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

(SHOOTING SOUND) The incident occurred at the height of the insurgency during the US military surge.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

But his government says conflicts in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Afghanistan have caused the surge.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Kerry said now is not the time for a large surge of additional troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"We have very high confidence that by that date conditions will permit us to end the surge and begin a gradual and responsible drawdown of U.S.forces."

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-taek told lawmakers in Seoul Wednesday that the government is still evaluating why North Korea unleashed a deadly surge of floodwaters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Speaking at a commemorative gathering at the Czech Senate in Prague on Tuesday, Mr.Havel urged Czechs not to forget those involved in the country's surge to freedom.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

But he repeated his view that a military surge is not enough.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Grzegorz Makowski of the Warsaw-based Institute of Public Affairs explains this surge of support for Kaczynski, saying he thinks the plane crash at Smolensk mobilized more conservative voters.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

But its fortunes declined in the last decade, because of the fall in business after the September 2001 terrorist attacks, a surge in fuel prices, and the worldwide economic slowdown.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Weeks have passed support, since President Obama's top commander in Afghanistan formally urged the White House to order a swift surge of U.S.troops to battle militant extremists in the violence-plagued nation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

The Pentagon announced Monday that about 1,500 U.S.Marines are expected to arrive in Afghanistan later this month, the initial elements of the 30,000 troop surge authorized by President Obama last week.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Today it is a surge. But now,like then,American troops hunt the rough terrain for an elusive enemy who hides among the populace or takes sanctuary across the border in a neighboring country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Foreign Minister Zebari insisted that he doesn't think that the recent surge of violence will disrupt the timetable for U.S.troops to withdraw from major Iraqi cities in June, or for assuming security responsibilities across the country.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Before this week's surge of 4,000 Marines and hundreds of Afghan forces into Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, the issue of how such a bold move would impact Pakistan was already on the minds of top U.S.policy makers.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

The Liberal Democrats can't form a majority government on their own either and the Conservative chances of doing that, which were slim when the campaign started, have receded - they're the main victim of the surge in support for the Liberal Democrats that occurred last week."

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

"The timeline that we've talked about is actually,in a sense that, if I were to use the surge in Iraq, look where we are right now, sort of apply the same kind of timeline to Afghanistan, as best we can tell, and we think that's reasonable, in terms of having the impact, and then being able to thin our forces out and bring them back".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04