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In most parts of the world, two tide cycles occur each day.
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“By understanding nature’s cycles and natural rhythms. Māori understood the connection between moon, sun, tides and seasons, the way all animals behave,” says Venner.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Coasts are designed to move - waves, tides, currents and wind are always shifting sand around, while dunes grow and erode naturally over time.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Azar Nafisi, an English literature professor who got her doctorate at the University of Oklahoma, returned to her native Tehran just after the tides of history swept away the shah and swept in the ayatollah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
‘In the morning you must depart, for now we have chosen, and the tides of fate are flowing.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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