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Recent Examples of tidal wave
So, on paper at least, Mario Kart World seems like a corporate no-brainer: make the game massive and open-world, and wait for the tidal wave of endless sales.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Missouri: Pollen and the asteroid When an asteroid struck Earth some 66 million years ago, the one blamed for wiping out the dinosaurs, it is believed to have sent a tidal wave crashing onto North America.
—Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
The average manufacturing worker is also relatively old, and the industry expects a tidal wave of retirements in the coming decade.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 May 2025
President Donald Trump’s new statement about the Trump Crypto Reserve including XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA) has triggered a tidal wave of conversation, speculation, and debate.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Missouri: Pollen and the asteroid When an asteroid struck Earth some 66 million years ago, the one blamed for wiping out the dinosaurs, it is believed to have sent a tidal wave crashing onto North America.
—Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
The average manufacturing worker is also relatively old, and the industry expects a tidal wave of retirements in the coming decade.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 May 2025
President Donald Trump’s new statement about the Trump Crypto Reserve including XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA) has triggered a tidal wave of conversation, speculation, and debate.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal wave
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The second hurricane of the Pacific season is expected to arrive along the coast east of Acapulco with destructive winds, life-threatening storm surge, and flash flooding.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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His predominantly younger, male audience parallels a surge in votes seen for Trump in the 2024 election: 56 percent of young men voted for Trump in the 2024 election, per the Associated Press.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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This picture taken by a Miyako City official on March 11, 2011 and released on March 18, 2011 shows a tsunami breeching an embankment and flowing into the city of Miyako in Iwate prefecture shortly after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the region of northern Japan.—
Joe Edwards
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Around the world, natural disasters—including the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina the following year—have entrenched this concept, whereby crises create a blank sheet ready to be exploited by Big Business.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
5 June 2025
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Winds were at 30 knots, generating 6-foot to 8-foot swells.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
23 June 2025
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To the right of the eye, life-threatening storm surge will produce coastal flooding, large waves, swells, and rip currents.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Smoke billows over Tehran, Iran, amid Israeli attacks on June 17, 2025.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Smoke billows for the second day from the Shahran oil depot, northwest of Tehran, on June 16, 2025. - | Afp | Getty Images Top oil executives are sounding the alarm over the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
17 June 2025
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“Tidal wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20wave. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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