flood tide

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Recent Examples of flood tide Most new titles from book publishers float into bookstores like flood tides in winter, summer and fall. Scott Burns, Dallas News, 20 July 2023 These enclaves, once the backbone of Ukraine’s agricultural eastern steppe, were reduced to ruin as the war passed over them like a flood tide. Natalia Yermak Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 14 July 2023 But get this: the freethinkers who dreamed up this potential flood tide work not out of Honda's Japanese R&D center and studio but its American think tank and design enclave in Southern California. Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023 Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flood tide
Noun
  • Among the schools was TCU, whose players and coaches also wore green ribbons on their lapels at Big 12 Media Days back in July, less than a week after the flood.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • On Tuesday, 85 scientists released a 459-page rebuttal to the DOE report, highlighting a large body of scientific literature pointing to how climate change can exacerbate droughts, floods, crop failures, and other disasters.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains.
    AZCentral.com, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Eight hours of work yield only eight hours of data, a trickle against the torrent that powered language models.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025

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