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 boat impounded by police after two children caught in a suspected riptide drowned has been sold.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
The riptide was roaring after them, threatening to engulf the three puny boats with a deluge of ice and slush.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
The island is known for its dangerous riptides — particularly in certain areas along the east coast.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Those mashed hooks tend to form around the wordy deadpan of vocalist Andy Fox, who sounds completely at home in these riptides of intention.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
Vacationers’ choruses, even when they bring in welcome counterpoint, are the flattest statements of all, warnings of riptides, notes about the airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
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
Three spiral lighthouses took shape along the rocky coast, warning sailors away from the treacherous cliffs and quick riptides of Deliene’s coastline.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
