as in to splash
to flow in a broken irregular stream
water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain
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Recent Examples of ripple
Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
On all four sides of the full-block building, greenish columns line up along the sidewalk in sets of rippling triplets, drawing the eye upward to a subtly articulated green terra-cotta grid.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2024
Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Leadership ensures these ripples align with organizational goals rather than creating unnecessary friction.
—David Nour, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Tariff threats voiced by President-elect Donald Trump this week rippled through global stocks and triggered warnings from U.S. retail executives about the risk of higher prices.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
On all four sides of the full-block building, greenish columns line up along the sidewalk in sets of rippling triplets, drawing the eye upward to a subtly articulated green terra-cotta grid.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2024
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First theorized in 1916 by Albert Einstein, gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time created during some of the universe's most powerful events, including the merging or collision of supermassive black holes.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Leadership ensures these ripples align with organizational goals rather than creating unnecessary friction.
—David Nour, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Most often, these bags are splashed in Vuitton’s monogram or Damier Ebene canvas textiles.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Your backyard birds have enjoyed drinking water, splashing, and bathing in your birdbath for months but now freezing temperatures have arrived.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
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Diddy’s beat warbles like sheet metal slammed against the ground while Usher sings about maintaining a relationship that’s beginning to fall apart.Dylan Green, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
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Phoenix, on the other hand, warbles and screeches through his numbers.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
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The fallout for Baldoni from the legal complaint has consisted of the Jane the Virgin alum being dropped by his talent agency WME.Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
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The new lawsuit adds to the mounting fallout from Lively’s legal complaint filed last week in California.Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Does the little surge of Trump dances across sports represent a wave, or at least a wavelet, of athletes declaring their allegiances for the President-elect?Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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And importantly, the agency says, despite these wavelets of illness, severe outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping since 2020 and 2021.Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
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That is particularly true if clothing is washed in cold water and the water doesn’t need to be heated.Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
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The children collect plastic bottles to make fires, and pile under the blankets when their only set of clothes is washed and dried in the wind.DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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This can increase the risk of side effects such as constipation, dizziness, dry mouth, and sleepiness.16 5.Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 30 Dec. 2024
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Here's what to expect—including benefits, potential side effects, and what to do in social situations.Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
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Perfect Curls Prim, proper, and pristine, Rozenberg has seen a shift to these Shirley-Temple-like curls.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
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Notable: this occurs while Brady's sweaty in a tank top, taking a break from bicep curls to read old texts from Brie.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Bear Season 4 (FX) TBA The Bear’s popularity has bubbled over like a pot of boiling water since its debut.Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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However, a lot of turmoil between them was bubbling just beneath the surface.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Ripple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripple. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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