tides
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In most parts of the world, two tide cycles occur each day.
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And as predictably as the tides, a wine-dark sea of merch has risen up around the release: T-shirts, videogames, souvenir popcorn buckets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Outreach workers with ID lanyards strode through the trash-strewn landscape like lifeguards working against endless tides of fresh emergencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
His political savvy and technocratic mien positioned him as an indispensable policy expert even amid changing political tides in Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
"We are seeing certain countries holding the process hostage as vulnerable people suffer heat stress, and king tides and storms, drought and famine," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Storm tides would frequently submerge their spit of land when the weather turned ugly.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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