Last week I saw a bunch of people notice Google showing a trending searches box on the Google Search home page. We saw this in the auto-complete results and in Google Discover results, but I don't think I've seen it as a standalone feature on the Google home page.
Here is one of the many screenshots of this, this one is from Tommy Hymas as he posted on Twitter:
The searcher did not like this showing up and complained, and Danny Sullivan reminded him he can turn off trending results in settings:
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) May 20, 2021
Forum discussion at Twitter.