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[weyd] / weɪd /


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Quite a few religions were considered cults in the beginning, Christianity among them, so it does make some sense not to wade too deeply into the finer distinctions.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

But here at MarketWatch, we wade through these things so you don’t have to.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

Florsheim, who was ticketed for walking on dry sand—just barely—argues it is absurd to say he could wade past but not put a foot higher up the shore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

She opened up about the latest body-shaming abuse in an Instagram post on Thursday, saying she felt she needed to "wade in and speak for myself".

From BBC May 29, 2026

Frequently, the people on the west bank would have to leave their cars along the shoulder of the highway and try to wade across the raging creek just to get to their homes.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

Right at the start of the Puerto Rican singer’s performance at Super Bowl LX, as he wades through faux sugarcane fields, he passes a series of small businesses.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2026

The RSS also wades into economic and foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

Even when he did write political songs, Bob never wades into the specifics other than “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” where he’s literally telling the story of some tragedy, he most often sings obliquely.

From Salon Dec. 25, 2024

Mr. Carver or Mr. Whitlock wades in, tossing aside members of the audience.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

King Charles III waded into the AI debate on Thursday, gathering top tech executives in Scotland to urge them to hash out guidelines to keep the technology from spinning out of control.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

As he’s spoken to audiences of government officials, diplomats, academics and journalists, Dans — who wears his Arctic commission lapel pin and exudes a professorial air — has also waded into foreign policy.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

As they waded into the calm shallows of the Channel, their "taxi boat" came into view.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Many have waded across a river to return in desperation, although the scale of the exodus remains unclear.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton carefully waded through thousands of documents when writing their part of the six-volume, 5,700-page History of Woman Suffrage.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Make no mistake: America’s biggest theater chain wading into the indie film distribution business is a bold, risky move that suggests a dedication to both the art of cinema and the curious moviegoer.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Photographs shared by the disaster office showed workers wading through churned mud and navigating vast boulders left by the floods.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

Numbers of the largest European wading birds have declined by about 50% since 1995, according to the British Trust for Ornithology, putting the curlew on the organisation's conservation concern red list.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Now, they are wading back in with a focus on big growth areas like multifamily housing and industrial real estate, which is being fueled by a boom in big data-center projects.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

We have returned to a world that is capable of glistening, and we are wading deeper within it.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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