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ground swell

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Definition of ground swell

as in tidal wave

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Monsanto has faced a tidal wave of litigation in recent years over its Roundup product.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 June 2026
With a population of over 200 million, any news story generates a tidal wave of jokes, many of them very sharp.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of tidal wave

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But open the Rocket Stop doors, and the smell of seasoned, fried catfish cooked to order distinguishes this gas station from convenience stores in which hot food offerings are typically just hot dogs on roller grills.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is already investigating FanDuel's use of celebrity messages to target high-roller VIP bettors.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 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
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

Definition of riffle

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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
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

Definition of wavelet

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