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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal waves
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Tepco owns the site that was overwhelmed when Japan’s strongest-ever earthquake triggered the tsunami on March 11, 2011.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026 -
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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The Iran war, now in its second week, has ensnared places that are critical to the production and movement of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf, leading to price surges on global markets.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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In short, the surges in inflation that occurred at the same time as the two oil price spikes were already baked in the cake long before the oil crises erupted.—
Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
9 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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“Tidal waves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20waves. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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