ripple
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However the disruption caused to global wind patterns means the impacts will ripple right across the globe.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But where once these kinds of outbursts would have made waves, they now seem to ripple at best.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Workday shares saw their best-ever single-day performance Thursday on the back of buyout rumors, creating a ripple effect across the entire software sector.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Deno’s hiring at Cracker Barrel has already had ripple effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
A ripple ran through the girls, and then lots of cheering and clapping and Britney squealed and stood and made a little bow.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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As the team's bus pulled away from the airport, flags rippled above the crowd and supporters surged alongside the vehicle until it disappeared from view.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Bell Beaker people rapidly expanded and rippled out further in all directions, creating the bronze age of central Europe.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
The economic shock has also rippled across the world, driving up the cost of fule and other goods.
From Salon ● May 25, 2026
Within hours of the shooting that rippled across Southern California’s Muslim community, Abdullah’s picture had been circulated and reposted thousands of times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
The beast chuffed, gusting hot breath that rippled Sheed’s tiny ’fro.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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The full consequences of state-driven manufacturing overcapacity have yet to be felt, but the early signs of another deflationary shock, perhaps as serious as the deflation of the real-estate bubble, are rippling through the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The whole film is hazy — literally — with plumes of mist rippling through soundstages so stripped of life they resemble the bones of a dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It's a tradition repeated in stadiums across the world, with crowds of spectators rising up in a rippling roar.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
The energy rippling off this dude was jaw-dropping.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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