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Recent Examples of tidal wave
So, on paper at least, Mario Kart World seems like a corporate no-brainer: make the game massive and open-world, and wait for the tidal wave of endless sales.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Missouri: Pollen and the asteroid When an asteroid struck Earth some 66 million years ago, the one blamed for wiping out the dinosaurs, it is believed to have sent a tidal wave crashing onto North America.
—Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
The average manufacturing worker is also relatively old, and the industry expects a tidal wave of retirements in the coming decade.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 May 2025
President Donald Trump’s new statement about the Trump Crypto Reserve including XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA) has triggered a tidal wave of conversation, speculation, and debate.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Missouri: Pollen and the asteroid When an asteroid struck Earth some 66 million years ago, the one blamed for wiping out the dinosaurs, it is believed to have sent a tidal wave crashing onto North America.
—Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
The average manufacturing worker is also relatively old, and the industry expects a tidal wave of retirements in the coming decade.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 May 2025
President Donald Trump’s new statement about the Trump Crypto Reserve including XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA) has triggered a tidal wave of conversation, speculation, and debate.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidal wave
Noun
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Health officials have been watching for an increase in COVID-19 this summer, as new variants have spread to the U.S. after fueling surges overseas.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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Shares of the leading chip designer rose as much as 2.5% to an all-time high of $164, benefiting from the ongoing surge in demand for artificial intelligence technologies.—
Shashwat Chauhan,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The film even throws in a massive San Francisco tsunami for good measure.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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Mostly, though, there are packages, a tsunami of packages mailed by retailers to a nation of new shut-ins, suddenly ordering everything online for delivery to their front door.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Like all flash floods, this record-breaking water swell resulted from a large amount of rain that drenched one area over a relatively short amount of time.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
7 July 2025
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The handle had a gentle palm swell (a little bulge) that was very comfortable to hold.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 July 2025
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Smoke billows following an Israeli strike in central Tehran on June 15, 2025.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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In southern Colorado's San Luis Valley, clouds billow above the towering mountains of the Sangre de Cristo range.—
John Daley,
NPR,
22 June 2025
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“Tidal wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20wave. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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