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Recent Examples of tidal wave
Seeking to combat the crack-cocaine trade that ran rampant in cities across America, the two bills caused a tidal wave in African-American communities—creating a crack-cocaine sentencing disparity, skyrocketing mass incarceration, and disappearing a generation of people—all because of crack.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Then one day in 2019, her son Huxley disappeared from videos altogether, prompting a tidal wave of questions from fans and eventually sparking a scandal that ended her career online entirely.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn cranked the blitz dial up to 10, engulfing Darnold in the pocket like a tidal wave.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Bluesky is attracting millions of users fleeing Elon Musk’s X platform, but faces a tidal wave of scams, celebrity impersonation and thorny moderation issues.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Then one day in 2019, her son Huxley disappeared from videos altogether, prompting a tidal wave of questions from fans and eventually sparking a scandal that ended her career online entirely.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn cranked the blitz dial up to 10, engulfing Darnold in the pocket like a tidal wave.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Bluesky is attracting millions of users fleeing Elon Musk’s X platform, but faces a tidal wave of scams, celebrity impersonation and thorny moderation issues.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal wave
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Coupled with a strong defensive showing for more than three-quarters of the game, Minnesota heated up enough offensively to tie the game in the fourth quarter before a late Iowa surge resulted in a 68-60 Hawkeyes’ win.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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However, the surge in anti-LGBTQ+ policies in the U.S., initially focusing on youth, has significantly increased polarization between and within states.—
Nathaniel M. Tran,
The Conversation,
6 Feb. 2025
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The tsunami waves reached up to 100 feet high in some areas.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Most-clicked in our last newsletter: Stephen Nesbitt’s story on how Sasaki’s life, career and outlook were shaped by losing family in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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For Baja surf, November to February promises powerful swells, while more balanced waves from March to May set it up nicely for beginners and intermediate surfers.—
Meagan Drillinger,
AFAR Media,
22 Jan. 2025
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The swell is originating from the northwest Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Japan.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Over the course of the opera, as characters deliver their testimonies, the tensely tonal music behaves like a single mass that billows and drifts, ponders and pounces, but never falls silent.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The 5 to 8 inch mounded plants can do front of the border duty, serve as groundcovers or billow over hanging baskets.—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Tidal wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20wave. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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