tidal

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The team believes the process is driven by a gravitational tug-of-war between the star and its planet, known as tidal interaction.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Another is that it was a tidal disruption event, in which a black hole thousands of times more massive than the Sun tears apart a star that ventured too close.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Others see the sea change as less a legal tsunami than a tidal cultural shift — one jurors in New Mexico and California are riding, not speaking into existence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

Then a tidal wave of money poured in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

At the same time, the whales blew air from their blowholes, and a dense layer of bubbles surged upward, forcing the robots into the tidal wave’s path.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown