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But then in high school, there was a kind of a riptide, where conventional music like Rachmaninoff and Chopin kind of became an entrée into modern composers.
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Jevon Lemke, 17, got caught in strong riptides off Fort Morgan on March 25 and has since been presumed drowned.
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Though the water may look calm on the surface, underneath a riptide is readying to suck your personal information—and then some—out to sea.
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But her new family had dark secrets with the power to steer the course of a person's life -- like a riptide, tugging below the surface, sending its victim adrift.
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But her new family had dark secrets with the power to steer the course of a person's life -- like a riptide, tugging below the surface, sending its victim adrift.
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But her new family had dark secrets with the power to steer the course of a person's life -- like a riptide, tugging below the surface, sending its victim adrift.
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The property is set on one of Cabo’s only swimmable beaches; the riptides and undertow elsewhere are no bueno.
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Another potential impact in the region is riptides created by the storm.
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First Known Use of riptide
1862
RIPTIDE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of riptide for English Language Learners
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: a strong usually narrow current of water that flows away from a shore
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