as in to splash
to flow in a broken irregular stream
water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain
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Recent Examples of ripple
Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
On all four sides of the full-block building, greenish columns line up along the sidewalk in sets of rippling triplets, drawing the eye upward to a subtly articulated green terra-cotta grid.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2024
Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Leadership ensures these ripples align with organizational goals rather than creating unnecessary friction.
—David Nour, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Tariff threats voiced by President-elect Donald Trump this week rippled through global stocks and triggered warnings from U.S. retail executives about the risk of higher prices.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
On all four sides of the full-block building, greenish columns line up along the sidewalk in sets of rippling triplets, drawing the eye upward to a subtly articulated green terra-cotta grid.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2024
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First theorized in 1916 by Albert Einstein, gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time created during some of the universe's most powerful events, including the merging or collision of supermassive black holes.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Leadership ensures these ripples align with organizational goals rather than creating unnecessary friction.
—David Nour, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Most often, these bags are splashed in Vuitton’s monogram or Damier Ebene canvas textiles.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Your backyard birds have enjoyed drinking water, splashing, and bathing in your birdbath for months but now freezing temperatures have arrived.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
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Diddy’s beat warbles like sheet metal slammed against the ground while Usher sings about maintaining a relationship that’s beginning to fall apart.Dylan Green, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
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Phoenix, on the other hand, warbles and screeches through his numbers.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
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This message comes even more sharply into focus following the brief period of martial law declared by sitting President Yoon Suk-yeol on Dec. 3, and the significant political fallout that has followed.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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That’s precisely how Japan responded to its 1990s bad-loan meltdown — and why Tokyo is still dealing with the fallout today.William Pesek, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Does the little surge of Trump dances across sports represent a wave, or at least a wavelet, of athletes declaring their allegiances for the President-elect?Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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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
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And make sure to wash your hands frequently with soap and water.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Also, pay special attention to washing the folds of your skin, as bacteria likes to hang out there.Deanna Pai, Allure, 13 Dec. 2024
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It is believed to be a side effect of the poisoning.Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Most Memed: Wicked A side effect of having one of the most relentless marketing campaigns of all time is that Wicked has had almost a whole year of being in the public eye.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
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Waterproof mascaras rely on film-forming copolymers, which help with flexibility, holding the eyelash's curl, and boosting temperature resistance.Sarah Han, Allure, 24 Dec. 2024
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This dual-purpose product is perfect for achieving lasting curls, shielding your strands from high temperatures without leaving a white residue or sticky feel behind.Jordan Galloway, SELF, 19 Dec. 2024
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However, a lot of turmoil between them was bubbling just beneath the surface.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Bear Season 4 (FX) TBA The Bear’s popularity has bubbled over like a pot of boiling water since its debut.Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Ripple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripple. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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