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

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

"Him leaving me on the beach sparked a panic attack. It just came over me like a tidal wave. It felt like an out-of-body experience," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Then a tidal wave of money poured in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

He concluded, “There is a rising tidal wave of enthusiasm over the land.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson