ground swell

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground swell
Noun
  • Fields was swallowed by a tidal wave of pressure that pulled him underwater all day.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Suddenly, the entirety of Bethpage Black felt like it was caught up in an enormous tidal wave that was lifting the American fans and their players toward the most incredible comeback this event had ever seen.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Roomba's double-sided brush mounts gradually build up a tangle at either end, eventually requiring you to pull the ends off the roller and dig all the hair out.
    Loz Blain October 14, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2025
  • And then a few Tech fans come along this weekend with their old, crusty roller brush and slung it all over the place, Jackson Pollock-style, only this isn’t a work of art.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
  • Here’s a general guideline of the classification of rapids, according to author I. Herbert Gordon: Class I: Easy, slower water with light riffles.
    Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Pipe those wavelets of foie gras feculence over to neighboring Surfside, a two-bathroom kind of town with waste pipes galore.
    Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
  • 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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“Ground swell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20swell. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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