Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground swell
Noun
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Karen Kovacs notes that NBCUniversal in 2024 established a Creators Collective around the Paris Summer Games that yielded a tidal wave of content that added to the buzz around the Games.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026 -
February 19 – March 20 A tender ripple can become a tidal wave of momentum.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Stoddard started roller skating in kindergarten, then switched to inline skating a year later.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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There are also times — like in Usher’s roller skating fiasco — when talent might want extra time to rehearse certain moments of the show.—
Jayna Bardahl,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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Here’s a general guideline of the classification of rapids, according to author I. Herbert Gordon: Class I: Easy, slower water with light riffles.—
Morgan Tilton,
Denver Post,
8 June 2025
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Pipe those wavelets of foie gras feculence over to neighboring Surfside, a two-bathroom kind of town with waste pipes galore.—
Pat Beall,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 June 2025
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Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Ground swell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20swell. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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