against the tide
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Ruttenberg is part of a small but distinct population of American Jews moving to Israel since the war began, against the tide of the many people leaving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Social media industry analyst Matt Navarra said TikTok's decision to "swim against the tide" is a savvy one - but comes with "pretty combustible optics".
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
"Nova Scotia has the highest tides in the world -- when we're working there, we're racing against the tide, when the ocean comes back in," says Mann.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
He swam against the tide after Beijing crushed the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square in 1989, becoming the largest Hong Kong investor in mainland China, primarily in the property sector, while foreign businesses fled.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
A second objection to the strong anthropic principle is that it runs against the tide of the whole history of science.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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