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tideways

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plural of tideway

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Total rainfall of nearly 3 feet was expected on the higher windward slopes, turning rivers into raging torrents and threatening mudslides.

— Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Citizens poured out torrents of letters to editors complaining of Holmes’s fate.

— Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

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