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ripple

[rip-uhl] / ˈrɪp əl /




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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

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

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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