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The patrols will also help identify other seaside risks such as riptides, which Blakeman also warned beachgoers to be aware of while in the waters.
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Michael Nied, People.com, 1 July 2025
The undercurrents of the 2016 finals flowed below the surface of Warriors-Cavs like an Atlantic riptide.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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.
—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
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Michael Nied, People.com, 1 July 2025
The undercurrents of the 2016 finals flowed below the surface of Warriors-Cavs like an Atlantic riptide.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for riptide
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“Riptide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riptide. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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