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Southerly winds are causing the seas offshore to grow larger, NWS meteorologist Bryce Williams, who works at the Boston, Massachusetts, office, told Newsweek, adding that as the wind continues, seas can heighten to trigger riptides closer to shore.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Narrating what happened with the boy in the autopsy room turned out to be wholly different from experiencing it; the riptide shock of that moment slowed to a largo of painful excavation.
—Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
After helping save a pal who was pulled away by a riptide, Alejandro was swept away by the strong current.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
But, riptides are narrow bands of current, and usually surrounded on both sides by water pushing back towards land.
—Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Narrating what happened with the boy in the autopsy room turned out to be wholly different from experiencing it; the riptide shock of that moment slowed to a largo of painful excavation.
—Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
After helping save a pal who was pulled away by a riptide, Alejandro was swept away by the strong current.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
But, riptides are narrow bands of current, and usually surrounded on both sides by water pushing back towards land.
—Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Riptide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riptide. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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