riptide
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Investors felt a slight reprieve on Friday from the riptide that’s been gathering around artificial intelligence and the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026
To empathize with her is not to presume to understand her; it’s to get caught in the riptide of her mysterious pleasures and pains.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
A preliminary inquest hearing was told there was a "suggestion" a riptide led to the teenagers' deaths.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
She noted that most companies are now bringing out product lines that have been in the works for at least a year, meaning that the Pride riptide may be only just beginning.
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2023
I had washed up there on the riptide of my husband’s confidence and the undertow of my children’s needs.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
With the increased risk of riptides and sneaker waves, “ideally you align your actions to mitigate something happening,” Bain said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
Dangerous riptides are a prime reason not to push your limits.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Part of Singapore's reason for dismissing American pedagogy is "navigational" in a geopolitical sense: Lee Hsien Loong likens his country to a small but doughty craft breasting powerful riptides of global economics and politics.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2021
That acuity serves her well as she navigates the riptides of Wind Gap.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018
Somewhere out there in the riptides of gold and light.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
