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Recent Examples of tidal wave
The media attention that followed was a tidal wave of mocking coverage and cruel late-night jokes.
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Kate Storey, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
Nevertheless, a tidal wave of rising dementia cases is fast approaching.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Not since Helene’s fury sent a tidal wave of water here from afar, causing the river to swell with rainwater, to become an ocean that rose high above its banks, then above driveways, then porches, then windows and doors, then all the way up to roofs in some cases.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Sato said that atmospheric waves, including gravity waves and global-scale tidal waves, affect the ionospheric dynamo, a process generating an electrical current around the planet through the interaction between Earth's magnetic field lines and the motions of the ionized air of the ionosphere.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Kate Storey, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
Nevertheless, a tidal wave of rising dementia cases is fast approaching.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Not since Helene’s fury sent a tidal wave of water here from afar, causing the river to swell with rainwater, to become an ocean that rose high above its banks, then above driveways, then porches, then windows and doors, then all the way up to roofs in some cases.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Sato said that atmospheric waves, including gravity waves and global-scale tidal waves, affect the ionospheric dynamo, a process generating an electrical current around the planet through the interaction between Earth's magnetic field lines and the motions of the ionized air of the ionosphere.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal wave
Noun
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At the time, a Trader Joe’s representative responded to the steep price surge in a statement to PEOPLE.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Several Asian countries, including Vietnam, South Korea and Taiwan, have also seen trade flows to the US surge since Trump’s first term.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Another turning point in her life followed after the March 11, 2011, tsunami, the strongest earthquake in Japan’s recorded history.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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Or films showing a tsunami roaring in, lava racing down a mountainside, the view from inside the eye of a hurricane.—
Marsha Sutton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As global demand swells— projected to nearly double to $10.6 billion by 2033— nations with sprawling orchards and industrial export capacity are scrambling to scale up.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The spot where the Katina is anchored gets some swell, so Jason has to move the boat elsewhere.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2025
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The yellow school bus appears to be tipped to the side as fire engulfs almost the entire vehicle and billows of dark smoke pour from its shattered windows.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Images from the scene show Lancaster Township Fire Department surrounding the two-story house as smoke billows from the roof, firefighters swarming the inside and outside of the structure.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Tidal wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20wave. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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