rapids

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There are world-class rapids where Olympian kayakers train and islands with boating and swimming clubs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

From a set of roaring rapids, comes a grand vision.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

As on all rapids rides, the turbulent river, buoyed by narrow chutes, moves in an unpredictable fashion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

These beady-eyed amphibians can be found on the banks of noisy streams throughout China, where the rapids would drown out ordinary croaks and chirps.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 11, 2024

“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