abound with

abound with

To be abundant or plentiful with. The world abounds with criminals and scam artists looking to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. In the spring, the fields abound with blooming tulips.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

abound with someone or something

to be plentiful with particular persons, other living beings, or objects. The world abounds with talented people who are too shy to develop their talents.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

abound with

or abound in
v.
To be brimming with something plentiful: The lake by the cabin abounds with fish.The quaint villa abounded with charm.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • abound
  • a put-up job
  • put-up job
  • abound in
  • thin on the ground
  • goldie locks
  • no shortage of
  • shortage
  • flasher
  • bore to death/tears, to
References in classic literature
Let the scenes abound with light, specially colored and varied; and let the masquers, or any other, that are to come down from the scene, have some motions upon the scene itself, before their coming down; for it draws the eye strangely, and makes it, with great pleasure, to desire to see, that it cannot perfectly discern.
Jackson has a rambling style; his detailed stories abound with local color and vivid characterization.
These pieces abound with teaching potential, both musical and technical.
Our market shelves now abound with many more low-fat and "healthy" products, in which sugars and other carbohydrates replace fat, than they did 20 years ago.
Networking opportunities abound with the social program, which includes a Cocktail Reception for Symposium participants Sunday evening, May 25th, a Welcome Reception in the Oslo City Hall, the world-famous building where the renowned Nobel prize is presented, Monday evening the 26th; and the Exhibitors' Evening Party under the motto "Tastes and tales from the North.'"
Sendak's bustling illustrations abound with gags, however, as even a casual glance to the right should reveal.