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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground swell
Noun
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That gives Bhusri a solid chunk of time to see if a cofounder in the CEO seat can have an impact on the stock price in the midst of an AI tidal wave.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026 -
Karen Kovacs notes that NBCUniversal in 2024 established a Creators Collective around the Paris Summer Games that yielded a tidal wave of content that added to the buzz around the Games.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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The show’s creator, Douglas Carter Beane, had a Broadway hit a few years prior with his remake of the campy ’80s roller-skating film Xanadu.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Once you’re done with the paint roller, pour any leftover paint back into the can, carefully fold up the foil, and discard.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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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“Ground swell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20swell. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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