make waves
Example Sentences
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That set off days of intensive efforts using boats to make waves, then excavators to dig up sand and free the whale, as fears grew for its life.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Aonishiki isn’t the first non-Japanese wrestler to make waves in sumo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
Yet for more than a decade, Shohei Ohtani has been willing to make waves.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2023
Ten months later, the ripple effects of Cody Bellinger’s unceremonious split from the Dodgers continue to make waves.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023
He bounced a couple of slackers who confused freedom with no rules, so the rest of us don’t make waves.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
