ripple
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Global stocks rose and the dollar weakened as a risk-on turn prompted by Thursday’s cool jobs data continued to ripple through markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 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
Scientists must separate the faint ripple in space-time from the background noise constantly present in the detectors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 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
I feel yet another chill ripple through me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The renewed clashes between the U.S. and Iran also rippled through precious metals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
As the team's bus pulled away from the airport, flags rippled above the crowd and supporters surged alongside the vehicle until it disappeared from view.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
The surface rippled, and the robot’s head poked up.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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 whole film is hazy — literally — with plumes of mist rippling through soundstages so stripped of life they resemble the bones of a dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It's a tradition repeated in stadiums across the world, with crowds of spectators rising up in a rippling roar.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
A weaker rupee is rippling through the domestic economy.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
I looked over my shoulder and snorted at the gold-and-black book bag I was now wearing, with golden zippers and a faint hum rippling through it.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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