1.   Conseco is snapping up smaller insurers as the industry goes through an unprecedented wave of mergers.

2.   Conseco is snapping up smaller insurers as the industry undergoes an unprecedented wave of mergers.

3.   Like how it is to ride a wave unprecedented in franchise history.

4.   Monsanto, the American biotech giant, is facing an unprecedented wave of criticism from within the industry.

5.   Missouri basked in an unprecedented wave of prosperity for six years.

6.   On Tuesday, Sheriff Dave Reichert swore in five former Honolulu officers who are part of an unprecedented wave of Hawaiians joining Western Washington departments.

7.   Rabbi Marvin Sugarman of the Shaarey Zedek Congregation fears the approaching millennium could usher in an unprecedented wave of attacks against Jews and other minority groups.

8.   Some of them, stunned by this unprecedented wave, crashed beneath the surge.

9.   The acquisition is the second major bank merger announced today and comes amid an unprecedented wave of consolidation in the industry.

10.   The acquisition is the second major bank merger announced today and comes amid an unprecedented wave of consolidation in U.S. banking.