ground swell

noun

Definition of ground swellnext
as in tidal wave

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  1. tidal wave
  2. roller
  3. riffle
  4. wavelet
Noun
  • The newsroom was rocked by a tidal wave of resignations from columnists and cancellations from digital subscribers, who expressed anger and dismay that the venerable, Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization had abandoned its role in standing up to the threat described by Woodward and Bernstein.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Elections are at the heart of our democracy, and public officials are facing a tidal wave of digital and cyber threats from domestic and international bad actors.
    Adam Jackson, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of tidal wave
Noun
  • The town was a manufacturing hub in the 1960s for the hair roller maker Carmen Curlere before it was sold to U.S. firm Clairol, eventually leading to thousands of job losses and the plant’s closure in 1990.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The image architect, 46, who is known for his work with icons like Zendaya and Céline Dion, partnered with Pepsi Wild Cherry for a new capsule collection that's all about roller skating culture from a day gone by.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of roller
Noun
  • On the water, target current breaks, pools, and deep riffles where trout will wait and ambush their food.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
  • Sandbars and rock bars and gravel bars could be broken down into a full taxonomy describing their size and shape and orientation: chains and traps, riffles and reefs.
    Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Definition of riffle
Noun
  • And importantly, the agency says, despite these wavelets of illness, severe outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping since 2020 and 2021.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Some of these gravity waves were caused by air flowing from the northwest over the Appalachians and Alleghenies, which caused downstream wavelets, like ripples downstream of stone in a river.
    Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
Definition of wavelet
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