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
Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2024
But making the requirements more stringent affects the credit prices in the LCFS, which then ripples down to the price of fuels such as gasoline.
—Rob Nikolewski, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
Alexander S. Blume, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Occasionally, one of the gravitons in these ripples would strike an atom in a detector and kick an electron into a higher energy level.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Like dropping a large rock into deep, still pool in an old quarry, initial effects will ripple out, but soon bounce off one wall here and another there.
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The collapse of Genesis, Celsius, and BlockFi in 2022 sent painful ripples across the crypto industry.
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The nuclear-capable missile was fired from the southern Chinese province of Hainan and its dummy warhead splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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There had been speculation that the blanket ban was due to India wanting to train amid secrecy amid the local tabloid newspaper splashing 'lockdown' headlines as if a lunatic was waving a gun around the WACA.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 28 Nov. 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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The chaos leaves Europe's second largest economy without a functioning government for the first time in 60 years — the most severe fallout to date from the efforts to shrink its deficit.Courtenay Brown, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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The Bears captain and Pro Bowl cornerback didn’t expect there to be fallout from the episode.Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 3 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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To eliminate body lice, bathe regularly, wash all clothes and bedding in hot water, and dry on hot heat.Josephine Hessert, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
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If touched by a bat, wash the area with soap and water.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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This approach uses non-opioid drugs to relieve pain before, during, and after surgery while minimizing the risk of side effects and dependency.Heather Margonari, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2024
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In some cases, chelation can cause organ damage and other severe side effects.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2024
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Loose, high-shine curls cascaded down her back to add an old Hollywood vibe.Chiara Kim, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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Bio Ionic Long Barrel Styler $149 $104 Amazon Creating perfectly bouncy curls starts with the Bio Ionic Long Barrel Styler.Annie Blackman, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Like it or not, the nation's state of affairs will undoubtedly bubble up like that pot of gravy over there on the stove.Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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There were issues bubbling under the surface, however.Jack Lang, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Ripple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripple. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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