tide over
Example Sentences
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“Flooding of seawater is likely, around the time of high tide, over vulnerable low-lying coastal areas such as parking lots, beaches, and walkways,” the weather service office in Oxnard said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
His departure has allowed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tide over an immediate crisis, but keeping youth discontent in check may well remain a long-term challenge for his government.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
U.S. officials say that accessing the overseas stocks will help tide over the Ukrainians until American ammunition makers can ramp up their production.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
In our love story, the thickly buttered bread was a tide over to get us through a rough patch.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2022
Horsemen, riding very swiftly, had indeed been sighted: still far behind but gaining on the Orcs, gaining on them like a tide over the flats on folk straying in a quicksand.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
