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high tide

NOUN
tide when water is highest
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For the most part, the peninsula has handled the high tide well, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Tuesday’s high tide also toppled another all-time record in San Pedro, which had broken its record the day before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

In Long Beach, with less than two hours before high tide, workers on the Peninsula raced early Sunday morning to build a sand berm stretching westward from 62nd Place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Video footage and photos show several streets under water in Newport Beach, California, through a combination of the tropical storm swells at sea and high tide.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

He just waited until the high tide came in at four o’clock in the afternoon.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman


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