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tide

[tahyd] / taɪd /


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It’s possible that the tide has turned again.

From Los Angeles Times 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

The craft of scavenging the River Thames for lost relics at low tide has surged in popularity, leaving more than 10,000 hopeful treasure hunters stuck on a permit waitlist.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

When it comes to a bull market, Warren Buffett said, “only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

He just waited until the high tide came in at four o’clock in the afternoon.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Tropical storms are not necessarily unusual this time of year for Southern California, but what’s particularly striking about the flooding this week is the confluence of powerful waves on top of higher-than-high tides.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

She said the summer's heatwaves had been "tough", but they were hoping for a cooler, wetter autumn, with the reserve braced for flood events and "saline surges" with seasonal tides.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The National Weather Service said higher tides would begin Saturday but peak Monday and Tuesday, with tides topping 7 feet.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

While he believes this prevented airborne contamination, he is unsure if it would have stopped contamination into the Earth due to the high water table linked to the tides.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

“The tides are strong comin’ in and out of this channel.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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

Why couldn't the Fed simply issue a government guarantee to back Lehman Brothers, tiding it over a temporary run on the bank?

From The Guardian Sep. 1, 2010

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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