confluence
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Smith is one of many influencers working overtime to distance themselves from the tradwife brand amid a confluence of cultural tipping points.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Tropical storms are not necessarily unusual this time of year for Southern California, but what’s particularly striking about the flooding this week is the confluence of powerful waves on top of higher-than-high tides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Chalk the good times up to a confluence of fortunate events: red-hot AI spending, federal spending and the windfall companies are getting in the form of refunds of some of their past tariff payments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The barrier lake, which formed at the confluence of the Chhochen Khola and Purepu Tsangpo rivers, has already started to overflow, according to China's Ministry of Water Resources.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Eventually we found a suitable spot, still in Chryse but far from the confluence of the four ancient channels.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Disasters are real — also, these days, frighteningly common, be they epic confluences of nature and negligence or the murderous and preventable kind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
My son is a private citizen, but the unusual and violent reaction to his autistic spelling shows similar confluences of eager internet sleuths ready to treat a seven-second clip as a Zapruder film.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2024
Harel's focus on the confluences of Darwin's life rather than its conflicts offers a refreshing take on his legacy.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 15, 2022
So it has a lot of really wonderful confluences.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
An island of solitude amid the myriad confluences.
From The Invader by Alfred Coppel
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