ripple
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The move aimed to increase controller ranks and ease New York region travel delays, which can ripple across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
I think we should all be giving to our community, and they’ll have a knock on a ripple effect, and we can all start looking after each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Therefore, “if it changes course on its buildout, that could ripple through the entire supply chain,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The ripple effect could spread as far as the Western Isles where the defence research firm Qinetic has drone testing facilities on Benbecula and South Uist.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Pool of Tears does not even ripple, the surface calm and smooth, and she is unable to grasp a stone to drop within it.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The Bell Beaker people rapidly expanded and rippled out further in all directions, creating the bronze age of central Europe.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
The economic shock has also rippled across the world, driving up the cost of fule and other goods.
From Salon ● May 25, 2026
Within hours of the shooting that rippled across Southern California’s Muslim community, Abdullah’s picture had been circulated and reposted thousands of times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Cautious hopes rippled quickly through financial markets, although investors remained wary after weeks of false starts.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
It was the size of a kiddie pool and the space within it rippled like light on glass.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The outsized impact in this small community has caused a major rippling effect.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The money is still missing, and the fallout is rippling through the tourist enclave of about 4,300 year-rounders, a place known as the “Family Beach” for its laid-back contrast to nearby Myrtle Beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
On the surface, the Bowdens are a perfect family, but cracks are rippling with increasing intensity just beneath, a fragility that will soon be exploited by Cady.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
I dumbly take the tablecloth from her, the soft linen rippling through my fingers.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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