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swim with the tide





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He tries to swim with the tide, but he said wind and choppy water make progress harder.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

But throughout his career, Michaels has learned to swim with the tide.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022

Other grocers, after a second look, decided to swim with the tide rather than fight it.

From Time Magazine Archive

But your book will swim with the tide.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John

The desert beasts moved delicately, on legs longer and more slender than those of pack-camels, their necks swaying like the necks of swans who swim with the tide.

From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)




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