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wade

[wayd] / weɪd /


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Let’s take a wade into the ever-deepening swamp.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

"I worried if my motorbike would be able to wade through floodwater this much."

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

But here at MarketWatch, we wade through these things so you don’t have to.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

State law is clear that people can wade, swim or boat in state-protected waters, but things get murkier out of the water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Wielaf struggled to wade through, so Håkon hoisted him up and nearly carried him through the water, with Wielaf barely supporting himself on weak legs.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Right at the start of the Puerto Rican singer’s performance at Super Bowl LX, as he wades through faux sugarcane fields, he passes a series of small businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

The RSS also wades into economic and foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

Even when he did write political songs, Bob never wades into the specifics other than “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” where he’s literally telling the story of some tragedy, he most often sings obliquely.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024

Manchee wades in, lapping it up, snapping unsuccessfully at these little brass-colored fish that swim by, nibbling at his fur.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

In honor of Slate’s 30th anniversary, Luke waded into the comments section and discovered tales of love, loss, and a vanishing form of online community.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

As they waded into the calm shallows of the Channel, their "taxi boat" came into view.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Under a chaotic canopy woven with vines and studded with fearsome spiked stems, the group crossed streams, waded through mud and picked off dozens of leeches.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Having waded through a messy, money-charged divorce myself, I know that the story your spouse tells about you is not the story you would tell about yourself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

But Arul thanked me, and I waded into the water, and we started washing ourselves and the clothes we were wearing.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

Further southeast, in the On Nut neighbourhood, AFP reporters saw locals wading through knee-high flood waters along a road, as well as filling up sandbags to take home.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Private-credit firms raise money from investors and lend it out, mostly to businesses that fall below investment-grade debt, but have increasingly been wading into consumer debts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Make no mistake: America’s biggest theater chain wading into the indie film distribution business is a bold, risky move that suggests a dedication to both the art of cinema and the curious moviegoer.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

In a video, two officers are seen wading into the Bristol Channel with torches at about 21:45 on 22 October 2025 and pulling Bennett out.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Because of the wading in the cold water of the river, she developed bronchitis.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry




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