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Recent Examples of tidal wave
Its roughly 68,000 residents may be in for a shock, if a tidal wave of tourists decides to check it out for themselves.
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
This tidal wave of emotions is getting the better of me.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
The confrontation hits like a tidal wave, leaving Mia in its wake, spiraling as the weight of the reunion’s revelations bears down on her.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 21 Feb. 2025
The longer, brighter flares, on the other hand, are like tidal waves and are generated by more significant events in the accretion disk.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2025
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
This tidal wave of emotions is getting the better of me.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
The confrontation hits like a tidal wave, leaving Mia in its wake, spiraling as the weight of the reunion’s revelations bears down on her.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 21 Feb. 2025
The longer, brighter flares, on the other hand, are like tidal waves and are generated by more significant events in the accretion disk.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal wave
Noun
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The surge in Canadian nationalism has bolstered the Liberal Party’s chances in a parliamentary election expected within days or weeks, and Liberal showings have been improving in opinion polls.—
TIME,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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Rights groups say impunity protects and encourages perpetrators, fueling a cycle of rape and violence that has been accelerated by the surge in fighting.—
Salma Abdelaziz,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Debris roughly the same volume as 10,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools plunged into the water below, creating a 650-foot-tall tsunami.—
Darren Orf,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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His tsunami of levies has bludgeoned the stock market and wiped billions of dollars off Americans’ retirement accounts.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The podcast, released in 2014, presented new evidence and led to a swell of interest in the case.—
Christina Morales,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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That cathartic swell into the credits was the perfect finishing touch to that movie.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Leveled homes, clubs and restaurants snaked along the shore, punctuated by billows of smoke from the few structures that remained.—
Loren Elliott,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Just past his backyard fence, gray billows of smoke filled the sky above the ridgeline and flames could be seen chewing through sagebrush just a couple miles away.—
Katie Langford,
The Denver Post,
10 Nov. 2024
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“Tidal wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20wave. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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