tidal

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The team believes the process is driven by a gravitational tug-of-war between the star and its planet, known as tidal interaction.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Others see the sea change as less a legal tsunami than a tidal cultural shift — one jurors in New Mexico and California are riding, not speaking into existence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

It has the largest tidal reedbed in England and wildfowl and waders feed and nest in the six shallow lagoons, marshland and mudflats.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Then a tidal wave of money poured in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

They made small talk as they drove through the tidal flatland of Hampton, Katherine’s cat-shaped, wire-rimmed glasses lending her face a seriousness that matched her demeanor.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly