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Recent Examples of tidal wave
Unlike the emotional tidal wave of last week’s Pisces eclipse, this one is quieter, subtler, but no less important.
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 14 Sep. 2025
The result is a tidal wave of companies moving away from artificial colors, even before any new regulations kick in forcing them to ditch these products.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Just as New Orleans has spent the last 20 years on the road to recovery, DRP is working to reckon with Detroit's tidal wave of unjust property tax foreclosures and chart a path toward repair.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
On another snap, two Patriots linebackers walked up to the line of scrimmage; McCarthy changed the play but was eventually engulfed in the pocket by what felt like a tidal wave.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 14 Sep. 2025
The result is a tidal wave of companies moving away from artificial colors, even before any new regulations kick in forcing them to ditch these products.
—Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Just as New Orleans has spent the last 20 years on the road to recovery, DRP is working to reckon with Detroit's tidal wave of unjust property tax foreclosures and chart a path toward repair.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
On another snap, two Patriots linebackers walked up to the line of scrimmage; McCarthy changed the play but was eventually engulfed in the pocket by what felt like a tidal wave.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal wave
Noun
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However, this sales surge wasn’t limited to one company.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Since his tenure ended, the LDP has faced fallout over a slush fund scandal, an inflation surge, and a rightward political shift across the country.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In 2021, a paper from University of California, Irvine assistant professor Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi detailed the devastating effects a powerful coronal mass ejection – or a ‘solar tsunami’ – could have on our internet-reliant world.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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People who run hospitals, who run clinics are saying there is a tsunami coming to this state, this nation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Number of the day 7 That’s how many unoccupied homes have collapsed in North Carolina’s Outer Banks amid large swells and rough surf caused by a pair of storm systems churning in the Atlantic.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Each of the camp’s villas is built with canvas tents that billow in the breeze, opening onto hardwood decks where elephants wander to drink and hippos sound their warning calls at any species who dare venture too near their territory.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
29 Sep. 2025
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Smoke billows during Israeli strikes on the Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City on September 5, 2025, amid the war between Israel and the Hamas militant movement.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Tidal wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20wave. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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