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At the time of the collision, an ebb tide was also running, meaning that the current would have been flowing out of the harbor — the same direction the vessel was traveling.
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Jackie Northam, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
The prolonged stretch of ebb tides is linked to a lingering high-pressure weather system over much of Italy, experts say.
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Claudio Lavanga, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
The dry weather has led to a stretch of ebb tides — or a receding current — that has left several of the city’s smaller canals dry and unable to support boat traffic, The Associated Press reported.
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Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
The dye releases occur at a point in the tide cycle when the water level is falling called an ebb tide.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2023
All dye releases will be during an ebb tide, or the tidal phase when the water level is falling.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
For our society, the Covid-19 pandemic represents an ebb tide of historic proportions, one that is laying bare vulnerabilities and inequities that in normal times have gone undiscovered.
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Michael Pollan, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2020
The ebbing tides of winter layoffs cut O’Donnell loose from Angeline.
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Craig Laban, Philly.com, 6 July 2018
While the ocean forecast is good, there is a 10-foot swing in the ebbing tide (starts late morning) and that makes for treacherous bar crossings in the best weather.
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Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 29 Dec. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Ebb tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ebb%20tide. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
ebb tide
noun1
: the tide while ebbing
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