wave
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Like other long-established European carmakers, Stellantis, which owns Citroën, is leaning in to its 20th century heritage in response to the wave of 21st century startups from China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The investment frenzy is also triggering a wave of consolidation as larger players aim to purchase strategic assets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
An optical vortex, for example, has a wave pattern that twists around its direction of travel, much like a corkscrew.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Back at the hospital, as he prepares for the next wave of casualties, Dr Bassam Hazar hopes for change but doesn't expect it soon.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
A young woman with two golden retrievers on tangled leashes gives us a small wave as she passes our bench.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
SAN FRANCISCO—Judi Gorski’s home overlooks one of this city’s newest and most spectacular attractions: a two-mile, car-free stretch of coastal highway where visitors bike, skateboard and stroll against a backdrop of crashing waves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The National Hurricane Center said the worst of Rachel was over but "hazardous coastal conditions" could persist for days, with the highest waves coinciding with high tides, causing life-threatening surf and rip currents.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Large waves from Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel battered homes across Southern California over the weekend, leaving some properties at risk of collapse.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Residents walked and rode bicycles along the boardwalk as dozers and excavators moved along the beach, reinforcing the several-foot-high berms built to protect homes from the ocean waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The wind and waves pushed us steadily seaward.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The loyal fans blame the front office, which has waved nearly six dozens players and five managers, including interim coaches, through its revolving doors since the first season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
That’s when security happily waved Summer McNulty through.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Huge crowds cheered and waved as he rode down the Champs-Élysées Avenue greeting followers from his open-topped popemobile.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Helicopters could be heard flying overhead as worshippers waved small yeallow-and-white Vatican flags by the side of the avenue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
It’s the first day of her journey, and she is soon waved down by a Japanese soldier, ordering her to stop.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
"You can see how big the crowd is already," demonstrator Abhay Aryan, 28, told AFP as the crowd marched towards the Supreme Court, chanting slogans and waving placards.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
He sits in the end zone and has a camera that goes up so high on a tripod that it could be waving a flag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
They stopped calling on Najya in class, making her “so frustrated that, waving her hand furiously, she began to blurt out the answers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
In early K-pop, fans supported artists by waving coloured balloons or generic glow sticks.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The truck picked up speed, and Jeb was left in the dust, still waving.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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