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undertow

noun as in pull of tide

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The pull of the film lies in how Davidtz allows Bobo to bob on the surface of things while we feel the dark undertow.

But there was an intriguing undertow below all this that wasn’t readily discernible; bear with me for a minute while we work through it.

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They took a toll, onerously so, like an undertow at the ocean shoreline that yanks you down into the muddy sand underfoot, and my debt more than quadrupled.

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While the jobs came quickly, the undertow of racism in the industry was always there, tugging at him.

In the 2022 midterms, polls underestimated Democratic support by around four points, with a predicted red wave in Congress pulled back by a Democratic undertow and netting only a 10 seats for the GOP.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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