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• n  the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
• n  something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)
  a rising tide of popular interest
• n  there are usually two high and two low tides each day
• v  rise or move forward
• v  cause to float with the tide
• v  be carried with the tide

• That the surface of the earth itself may be subject to tides like those of the ocean has long seemed probable, but there has been no tidal gauge to measure these heavings .
• When the waters off Florida's west coast were infested by the dreaded "red tide" nine years ago, fish died by the million and lay in" stinking windrows on the beaches.
• Olson was also the first to explain the tide that failed during the bloody Marine landing at Tarawa on 1943.

• lunar time period
• surge

• ebb

News & Articles

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• VDOT to test tide gates at I-64 HRBT
  VDOT will conduct routine tide gate testing at both the east- and westbound tubes of the I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT)...
  June 12, 2013 - WTKR Norfolk
• Brown Tide Returns In Western Shinnecock, Quantuck Bays
  A bloom of brown algea, known commonly as “brown tide,” has once again stained the waters of western Shinnecock, Quantuck and eastern Moriches bays the color of light-and-sweet coffee.
  June 12, 2013 - The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press
• Brown tide has emerged off Long Island, NY in Moriches, Quantuck and Shinnecock Bay, but not in Great South Bay
  A brown tide has emerged within some, but not all, of Long Island's south shore estuaries. Monitoring has revealed that a brown tide has developed in eastern Moriches Bay, Quantuck Bay, and western Shinnecock Bay.
  June 11, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• President Bush in Washington Post
  Bush said in his May 1 speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln that the war on terrorism "is not over, yet it is not endless," and declared, "We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide."
• Barack Obama in ABC News
  The security and stability of each nation and all peoples-our prosperity, our health, and our safety-are in jeopardy,Obama said at a climate change summit Tuesday. "And the time we have to reverse this tide is running out."
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Chicago Tribune
  Some people counted me out and said to drop out,Clinton told a crowd here. "The American people don't quit, and they deserve a president who doesn't quit either. ...... You made your voices heard. And because of you, the tide is turning."