tide

Example Sentences

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"I knew people had seen him feeding in the harbour early in the morning, then he went into the woods when the tide came in," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But as the tide went out on tech stocks, the dot-com bubble bust soon after, and a series of major corporate governance scandals surfaced—Enron being the most prominent—my research felt pertinent again.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The first sign of the tide changing, private-credit lawyers say, played out around mid-March when deals that had been under way were repriced and a few got pulled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

His successful but ultimately draining first inning led to UNC scoring four in the next two innings, knocking the Trojans into a huge hole and forcing its bullpen to stem the tide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

These include the earliest dated set of European navigation instruments found thus far: compasses, protractors, calipers, sounding leads, tide calculators, and a device for calculating speed called a log reel.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler