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tide

[tahyd] / taɪd /


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The weight of the Japanese numbers eventually turned the tide.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The tide turned when Rosales was offered a full scholarship to art school.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Eisenhower needed a full moon, low tide, not much cloud or wind and low seas, external.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

The center warned that the combination of a storm surge and tide could flood normally dry areas near the coast in Kauai and Niihau, and a flash flood warning was issued for Kauai on Monday.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

They soared high above the poison tide and disappeared into the northern sky.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

An autopsy found Noah had died from drowning, with the tunnel he was found in heading towards Belfast Lough and its tides.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

And lately, the state has also seen abnormally high tides.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Farther south in San Clemente, high tides also overran a section of the long-vulnerable coastal railway, once again shuttering the route after considerable slope damage and erosion.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

“The cliffs can be unpredictable,” she said, “and changing tides, strong currents, rough surf, and hidden rocks can quickly create life-threatening conditions.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

A man escaping from Biddle Island would do better to try his luck with the river, the tides, and the sharks, than to test the quiet susurrant heart of the marsh.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The invention has tided him over as the semester ended this week.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2025

The review concluded that the music of “Ukrainia” did suggest “the colossal wealth of youthful and untouched vitality which had tided over centuries of the most tragic history in the world.”

From Slate Dec. 19, 2019

They then went back to their changing room, showered and changed, tided up, removed the rubbish and left a note for ground staff reading “thank you” in Russian.

From The Guardian Jul. 15, 2018

Co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss tided us over with a Victorian-set Sherlock Christmas special last winter, but we’re ready to see the modern Sherlock take on the mysteriously resurrected Moriarty.

From Time Jul. 20, 2016

The extra cash tided them through the toughest months during the rest of the year.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

She was proved correct, and was tiding up broken statues when spoke to the BBC.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2025

No. It’s an appetizer for better things to come, an amuse-bouche at best — at worst, a placeholder meal of cinematic comfort food, tiding us all over until it’s summer blockbuster season again.

From Washington Post Mar. 1, 2023

That’s not much, but it’s still the best discount available on the classic VR-reimagining of the Capcom classic, tiding you over before the new remake comes out in 2023.

From The Verge Jun. 20, 2022

It was the last get-together of the year, and a warm and caloric tiding for the new one about to begin.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2013

Vetch furnishes essential spring forage for bees before the alfalfa is in bloom, tiding them over this early season so that they are ready to pollinate the alfalfa.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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