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Recent Examples of tidal wave
Not surprisingly, One Battle After Another kept up its tidal wave of awards season momentum by scoring a record seven Actor Award nominations, including nods for Outstanding Ensemble Cast and Outstanding Male and Female Actor in a Lead Role notices for Leonardo DiCaprio and Chase Infiniti.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
In the weeks since its launch, Platner’s campaign has received a tidal wave of support to the tune of more than four million dollars in donations and nine thousand volunteers across Maine.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
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
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
In the weeks since its launch, Platner’s campaign has received a tidal wave of support to the tune of more than four million dollars in donations and nine thousand volunteers across Maine.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal wave
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Over the past couple of years, the surge in artificial intelligence fueled by apps, websites and other tech has created the need for the rapid expansion of massive data centers to handle the demand.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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Mike Singletary leads Texas Tech to the biggest rally in Big 12 tournament history, scoring all 29 of Texas Tech’s points during a second-half surge that pushed the Red Raiders to a 88-83 win against the Aggies.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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But when the tsunami generated by the shock destabilized the cooling systems of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the potential for disaster became exponentially greater.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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There were countless moments of sudden retreat and explosive payoff, like the eerie calm before a tsunami.—
Mano Sundaresan,
Pitchfork,
3 Mar. 2026
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To accommodate this swell of invitees, sponsors, and staff (as well as the parade of black cars from a start-up called Uber), the Vanity Fair Oscar Party needed a larger home.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
3 Mar. 2026
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Outside those emotional swells, the family was relieved to be together, and free of the dread that had hung over them in New York.—
Caitlin Dickerson,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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Father and son, both members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, stare out at a sea of green grass and buffalo berry bushes as a herd of 30 or so bison munch patches of grass, flick their tails at flies, and flop onto the ground, creating brief billows of dust.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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Delivery drivers ride motorcycles along a road as smoke billows following an explosion in the Fujairah industrial zone, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
5 Mar. 2026
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