riptide

Example Sentences

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Investors felt a slight reprieve on Friday from the riptide that’s been gathering around artificial intelligence and the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

To empathize with her is not to presume to understand her; it’s to get caught in the riptide of her mysterious pleasures and pains.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2025

A preliminary inquest hearing was told there was a "suggestion" a riptide led to the teenagers' deaths.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2023

She noted that most companies are now bringing out product lines that have been in the works for at least a year, meaning that the Pride riptide may be only just beginning.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2023

What originally was planned to be an angry riptide, one English newspaper aptly described now as “the gentle flood.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey