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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal waves
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Scientists have long understood this chain reaction, but a detailed look at how an earthquake-tsunami event unfolds at the source — a subduction-zone trench — has remained difficult to achieve.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2026 -
An echo of these matches lies in Human Mask (2014), a haunting video work by Pierre Huyghe, set in Fukushima after the destruction wrought by the tsunami and then the breakdown of the nuclear reactor.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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These precautions help reduce the risk of electrical surges, as lightning can follow conductive pathways.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The threat zone will shift each day depending on where surges of jet stream energy overlap with warm, humid air to trigger intense thunderstorm development.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the portrait, taken in the last few weeks, black smoke billows behind her as her fuchsia headscarf billows in the wind behind her.—
Charlene Gubash,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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Chopper 4 captured the huge billows of smoke coming out of his home located at NW 27th Court and 172nd Terrace, with flames billowing through a large hole in the roof.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Tidal waves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20waves. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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