as in to splash
to flow in a broken irregular stream
water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain
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Recent Examples of ripple
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
The fireball expands rapidly, rippling through the air as emergency sirens wail faintly in the distance.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
And the commercial ripple did follow.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Dutch is a typical Schwarzenegger hero — all rippling muscle and bravery — but with a humane integrity that compels him to keep his team safe.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
The fireball expands rapidly, rippling through the air as emergency sirens wail faintly in the distance.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
The day of the invasion had been thick with heat, the kind that made the air above the sidewalk kebab spits ripple with diesel smoke.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
And the commercial ripple did follow.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripple
Verb
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The denser and heat-resistant components that may survive the plunge will splash down into the ocean, where they are expected to harmlessly sink to the ocean floor, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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But the recent debut definitely distinguishes itself a little from the typical oversized American white trailer box splashed with generic swoosh graphics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For a time, the engine, with its distinctive exhaust warble, became closely associated with Audi’s lineup, aided in no small part by the motorsport successes of five-cylinder rally cars like the Sport Quattro S1 E2.—
Bradley Iger,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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The music fills our bodies, its rhythm melding with a deeper-time cycle of day-to-night, seasons changing, the imperceptible warble of a planet spinning gently on its axis.—
Florence Williams,
Outside Online,
11 May 2025
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Stause also had a fallout with her best friend Emma Hernan after her new boyfriend made deplorable comments about the LGBTQ+ community.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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The rarity of the mechanism means that legal and political challenges would be expected, and the fallout could reshape city and state politics.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
Verb
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Employees unable to properly wash their hands and food storage units that can’t keep the hot food hot or the cold food cold got a West Miami-Dade bakery in hot water with state inspectors.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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After assisting a customer, an employee put on gloves and scooped ice from the ice machine without washing their hands.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The success of the track and the music video has had an unusual side effect.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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That side effect was not seen with ALZ-801, which works by preventing amyloid plaques from forming in the first place.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Add English peas, flat-leaf parsley, and curls of lemon zest for extra character.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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MacLachlan has the visage of a much younger man, and Davis’s signature shiny brown curls are serving.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The perfectly transparent water looks light turquoise and is completely free of plants because roots can’t take hold in the bubbling flow.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The market’s internal weakness bubbled to the surface slightly on Tuesday.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Ripple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripple. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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