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
Exploring the floor of the exhibit hall did not feel like getting pulled along a riptide of other attendees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
A preliminary inquest hearing was told there was a "suggestion" a riptide led to the teenagers' deaths.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
The island is known for its dangerous riptides — particularly in certain areas along the east coast.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
At popular beaches on Lake Michigan, swimmers must navigate crashing waves and dangerous riptides on their own.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
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
King survived some dangerous riptides while winning 39 Grand Slam tennis event titles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
Somewhere out there in the riptides of gold and light.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
