Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground swell
Noun
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Pascal Siakam might do an admirable job defending him in the halfcourt, but picking him up full-court is like trying to trying to stop a tidal wave with a sandcastle.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025 -
Then the water blasted out of the fountain, a miniature tidal wave.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And do your treatments a minimum of four times a week. Get a facial roller.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
30 Apr. 2025
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Cyclists, skateboarders, roller skaters and scooter riders, are all free to shred down West Magnolia Avenue this weekend.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On the water, target current breaks, pools, and deep riffles where trout will wait and ambush their food.—
Max Inchausti,
Field & Stream,
12 June 2024
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Sandbars and rock bars and gravel bars could be broken down into a full taxonomy describing their size and shape and orientation: chains and traps, riffles and reefs.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
Noun
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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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For example, complex analysis is used to manipulate wavelets, or small oscillations in data.—
William Ross,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Ground swell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20swell. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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