make waves
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On top of all that, artificial intelligence began to make waves — big waves.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
But clips from the show often make waves on social media, and have a way of changing how the tech crowd thinks about the issues of the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
That set off days of intensive efforts using boats to make waves, then excavators to dig up sand and free the whale, as fears grew for its life.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
Annabelle is not the first young woman from Norwich to make waves in the wrestling scene.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
He didn’t like to make waves because, he told himself, he’d already made waves by being who he was: Not black.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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