rapids
Example Sentences
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Gingerly making his way over rapids on unstable-looking logs, fighting off predators, and dealing with other hair-raising complications, Belmont painstakingly makes progress with no prospect of anyone coming to help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“It was like whitewater rapids, like when you’re river rafting. You couldn’t stand in it; it would knock you over.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
There are world-class rapids where Olympian kayakers train and islands with boating and swimming clubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
If the commission sets new terms that boost flows, it could open up more of the Kern River’s popular rapids for a longer period each year, bringing a boon to boaters and whitewater rafting businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2025
“We went down into that tunnel with the rapids, what led us in there, so we should have had to come up to get out of it. But this is the same level.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
