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Recent Examples of tidal wave
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.
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Using these strategies—even something as simple as a quick check-in between meetings—can stop a ripple of stress from turning into a tidal wave of burnout.
—Marc Brackett, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
With that tidal wave of a change is the inevitability that Tim will sell their farm.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
By 2010, the magazine was essentially family entertainment compared to the tidal wave of online smut, so a peek-a-boo pictorial of half-naked cybergals didn't seem so risqué.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 9 July 2025
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Using these strategies—even something as simple as a quick check-in between meetings—can stop a ripple of stress from turning into a tidal wave of burnout.
—Marc Brackett, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
With that tidal wave of a change is the inevitability that Tim will sell their farm.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
By 2010, the magazine was essentially family entertainment compared to the tidal wave of online smut, so a peek-a-boo pictorial of half-naked cybergals didn't seem so risqué.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal wave
Noun
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The Philadelphia Phillies have enjoyed a surge in the standings since the trade deadline and hold an 11-game lead in the National League East after sweeping the New York Mets.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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This surge takes place as market watchers carefully await the Federal Reserve’s meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, where a rate cut is widely expected.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Aleutian megathrust results from the Pacific Plate subducting beneath the North American Plate, an interaction that has generated very large earthquakes and tsunami-producing events in the 20th century, according to the USGS.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Every click, every photo, every video creates an endless tsunami of information.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But the swell of the score told us we were supposed to like that Andy left Paris.—
Megan Angelo,
Glamour,
11 Sep. 2025
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Kiko's swells should peak by Wednesday across the waters of the western islands, the hurricane center said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Rapace’s kit — with that long thoroughbred stride somehow made greater by the black grosgrain stripes, the velocity of it all filling that billow in the cape — cut a blistering path down the Bugonia carpet.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Tokyo — Large clouds of smoke billow from Japan’s most famous mountain.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Tidal wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20wave. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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