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
Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
Decisions about who owns and can ultimately profit from the advancements will ripple far beyond COVID-19.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
UnitedHealth disconnected the affected systems when the threat was detected, and the disruption caused a ripple of fallout across the U.S. health-care sector.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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That slowdown inevitably ripples through the companies that sell things like seeds and fertilizer and equipment.
—Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
Decisions about who owns and can ultimately profit from the advancements will ripple far beyond COVID-19.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
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Eventually, their close spiral will result in a merger in about 100 million years, according to NASA, causing an energetic release of gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of space and time.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
UnitedHealth disconnected the affected systems when the threat was detected, and the disruption caused a ripple of fallout across the U.S. health-care sector.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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And to match her undefeated record, the city went especially big with signage for the Eras Tour dates – like, six-figure investment and 350-feet big – including a 34-story decal of the pop star (approved by Swift’s team) splashed across the JW Marriott, Indy’s largest hotel.Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
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Photos and videos of her face were splashed across social media platforms and picked up by 24-hour news cycles, leading millions across the country to tune in for updates from law enforcement agencies investigating her disappearance.Natalie Wilson and Derrica Wilson, Essence, 30 Oct. 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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But in the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis, as traditional banks became more regulated and risk-averse, specialized PE firms like Apollo stepped in to take on deals that traditional financiers no longer had the stomach for.Allison Morrow, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Documents may have been uploaded, and a subscription may have added a marginal fee, but the fallout was limited.Rajat Bhargava, Forbes, 21 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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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
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The easiest way to keep your water bottle clean is to make washing it part of your daily routine, Malchuk says, just like brushing your teeth.Kayla Blanton, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
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While cooking, avoid cross contamination by washing hands and surfaces frequently, especially after contact with raw meats and produce.Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
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And as the drugs get more popular, the list of potential side effects is growing longer.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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However, the company decided not to advance this formulation to a late stage trial due to a high rate of side effects.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2024
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While her curls are all-natural, the fringe around Palmers’ eyes has a little boost from something faux.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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While the actress appeared in CR Fashion Book with curls in September, her look when hitting the carpet is typically wearing her hair straight or in a chic updo.Catherine Santino, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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Scrubbing Bubbles: While it's intended as a bathroom cleaner, Scrubbing Bubbles has proven to be an effective way to clean fireplace brick, as its bubbling cleaning properties pull the grime off the brick.Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2024
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Whenever speculation about Sassaman bubbles periodically to the surface, the spotlight is thrown on his widow, software developer Meredith Patterson, who believes the theory is unfounded.Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Ripple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripple. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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