flood tide
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Since its low in March 2020, the U.S. stock market has returned 22.6% annualized, a flood tide of wealth that makes losses seem almost far-fetched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
At Belleau Wood, they went up against a professional German army equipped with machine guns and heavy artillery, at the flood tide of a breakthrough near Paris that seemed about to end the war.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2018
On a flood tide, the current spit us grapeseed-like through the Narrows at 11 knots — about twice our normal motoring speed.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
At these locations of extreme tidal range, a person who ventures out onto the seafloor exposed during ebb tide may not be able to outrun the advancing water during flood tide.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
I loved ebb tide, when the pluff mud bubbled, and flood tide, when the waters lapped gently against the shore.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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