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At the time of the collision, an ebb tide was also running, meaning that the current would have been flowing out of the harbor — the same direction the vessel was traveling.
—Jackie Northam, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
The prolonged stretch of ebb tides is linked to a lingering high-pressure weather system over much of Italy, experts say.
—Claudio Lavanga, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
The dry weather has led to a stretch of ebb tides — or a receding current — that has left several of the city’s smaller canals dry and unable to support boat traffic, The Associated Press reported.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
The dye releases occur at a point in the tide cycle when the water level is falling called an ebb tide.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2023
All dye releases will be during an ebb tide, or the tidal phase when the water level is falling.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
For our society, the Covid-19 pandemic represents an ebb tide of historic proportions, one that is laying bare vulnerabilities and inequities that in normal times have gone undiscovered.
—Michael Pollan, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2020
The ebbing tides of winter layoffs cut O’Donnell loose from Angeline.
—Craig Laban, Philly.com, 6 July 2018
While the ocean forecast is good, there is a 10-foot swing in the ebbing tide (starts late morning) and that makes for treacherous bar crossings in the best weather.
—Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 29 Dec. 2017
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First Known Use
1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Ebb tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ebb%20tide. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
ebb tide
noun1
: the tide while ebbing
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