flood tide
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Since its low in March 2020, the U.S. stock market has returned 22.6% annualized, a flood tide of wealth that makes losses seem almost far-fetched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
These enclaves, once the backbone of Ukraine’s agricultural eastern steppe, were reduced to ruin as the war passed over them like a flood tide.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
At these locations of extreme tidal range, a person who ventures out onto the seafloor exposed during ebb tide may not be able to outrun the advancing water during flood tide.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
She joined the flood tide of people leaving Eritrea and attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea on flimsy rafts and boats.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2016
I loved ebb tide, when the pluff mud bubbled, and flood tide, when the waters lapped gently against the shore.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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