wave
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On Tuesday, the pair jumped security barricades to wave the national flag at Jantar Mantar, a decades-old protest site that police have barred people from using.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The AI boom has spurred a wave of data center build-outs to meet ever-increasing demand for compute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The investment frenzy is also triggering a wave of consolidation as larger players aim to purchase strategic assets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
An optical vortex, for example, has a wave pattern that twists around its direction of travel, much like a corkscrew.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
I wave at them as I depart, all smiles.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
The artefacts lie scattered across an underwater slope, just 30m beneath the waves.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO—Judi Gorski’s home overlooks one of this city’s newest and most spectacular attractions: a two-mile, car-free stretch of coastal highway where visitors bike, skateboard and stroll against a backdrop of crashing waves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
But El Niño winters generally bring even stronger waves, resulting in more sand loss and erosion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The National Hurricane Center said the worst of Rachel was over but "hazardous coastal conditions" could persist for days, with the highest waves coinciding with high tides, causing life-threatening surf and rip currents.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Small mobs of other monsters popped up in waves, getting stronger the longer the fight went.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Leo waved to well-wishers as he left the Vatican by car and smiled and waved to crowds waiting for him at the Gemelli, before walking into the hospital.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
And in the Central Valley, he waved the ceremonial green flag at a stock car race at the Madera Speedway, where he was named grand marshal of the annual Harvest Classic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
That’s when security happily waved Summer McNulty through.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Helicopters could be heard flying overhead as worshippers waved small yeallow-and-white Vatican flags by the side of the avenue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
For a moment she stared blankly at Jonn, Marlie, and Rowan, as.though wondering why they were there, then her expression sharpened, and she waved her hand at them impatiently.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
"You can see how big the crowd is already," demonstrator Abhay Aryan, 28, told AFP as the crowd marched towards the Supreme Court, chanting slogans and waving placards.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
He sits in the end zone and has a camera that goes up so high on a tripod that it could be waving a flag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
He then stalked San Francisco’s steep streets waving a medicine bottle full of gold dust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
They were greeted by crowds of onlookers playing music, singing, dancing and waving Israeli flags.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Then Karli was leaping up and down, and waving wildly.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Waves and Wave Properties - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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