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
Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The rebound rippled globally, with equities listed in Europe and Asia also rising when regional markets reopened Thursday.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
Investigations explained how decisions made in Washington ripple outward — to farmers, veterans, federal workers and families struggling to stay afloat.
—Thomas Evans, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
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Verb
Men wake up with rippling biceps, Hawaiian-roll abs, and the kind of jawline even other men notice.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The rebound rippled globally, with equities listed in Europe and Asia also rising when regional markets reopened Thursday.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
The ripple is about to become a wave.
—Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
Investigations explained how decisions made in Washington ripple outward — to farmers, veterans, federal workers and families struggling to stay afloat.
—Thomas Evans, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripple
Verb
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Minutes later, Marwan came out of the kitchen, his apron splashed with tomato seeds and parsley.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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This is the first evidence that this quark-gluon plasma reacts to particles speeding through it in the same way that liquid does, splashing and rippling, acting as a single unified liquid rather than randomly scattering as individual particles would.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For a time, the engine, with its distinctive exhaust warble, became closely associated with Audi’s lineup, aided in no small part by the motorsport successes of five-cylinder rally cars like the Sport Quattro S1 E2.—
Bradley Iger,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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The music fills our bodies, its rhythm melding with a deeper-time cycle of day-to-night, seasons changing, the imperceptible warble of a planet spinning gently on its axis.—
Florence Williams,
Outside Online,
11 May 2025
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Beth de Araújo’s Josephine — a drama that centers on an 8-year-old girl who witnesses a rape in Golden Gate Park and the fallout that comes as her parents, played by Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, struggle to find a path forward — won two awards during the Sundance Film Festival’s closing ceremony.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Despite the fallout from the council's move, members said didn't regret their actions.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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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
Verb
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In a contemplative trailer announcing the news, the artist is seen washing his truck and eating solo at a restaurant.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2026
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Few ripples washed through Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to hold its main interest rate steady, just like investors expected.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Zombifying otherwise becomes a side effect of a high dosage.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
27 Jan. 2026
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Luckily, a side effect of knuckle cracking is not the bends—or even a case of arthritis.—
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
7 Jan. 2026
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One trick for longer-lasting curl on your eyelashes is to heat up your eyelash curler using a blow dryer.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2026
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Robbie wore her hair down, parted in the center and styled in loose curls that began around her jawline.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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During that same 2021 interview, Rieder downplayed inflation concerns bubbling up at the time.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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These colleges were places where ideas were bubbling up, where curiosity was alive, and where something important was quietly forming.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Ripple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripple. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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