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Recent Examples of undercurrent
While some crowds did gather Saturday waving green, white and red flags in the predominantly Latino Pilsen neighborhood, an undercurrent of caution persisted.
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Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
While this may sound like advice typically exchanged by adolescents, there's a darker undercurrent to looksmaxxing.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
The questions address a wide range of public policy questions, several of which reflect an undercurrent of discontent with the status quo on Beacon Hill.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
The finish evokes white grapes smoked over a variety of fragrant wood planks, along with an undercurrent of malt that helps ground each taste back to the base spirit.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
While this may sound like advice typically exchanged by adolescents, there's a darker undercurrent to looksmaxxing.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
The questions address a wide range of public policy questions, several of which reflect an undercurrent of discontent with the status quo on Beacon Hill.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
The finish evokes white grapes smoked over a variety of fragrant wood planks, along with an undercurrent of malt that helps ground each taste back to the base spirit.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undercurrent
undertow
Noun
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Every ruler, every plan, every prophecy has been tested against the unruly currents of human will and the undertow of chance.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Several jellyfish species can be found in the North Sea as the creatures get carried away with the undertow, given offshore winds.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Undercurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undercurrent. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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