rising tide
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrisingandtide
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rising
noun[C]
uk/ˈraɪ.zɪŋ/us/ˈraɪ.zɪŋ/
an act of opposition, sometimes using violence, by many people in one area of a country against those who are ...
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tide
noun
uk/taɪd/us/taɪd/
the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice ...
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(Definition ofrisingandtidefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Requests for serum came from everywhere, and like arisingtidethreatened to submerge the bacteriologists.
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The growth in the older population is viewed as a crisis, arisingtide, posing a major burden on health and welfare systems.
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However, this makes it very difficult for a single author to keep his head above therisingtideof data.
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The consequence was a decline in tolerance of difficult behaviour within families and communities and arisingtideof admissions to institutions.
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They can no longer turn to the surge of baby boomers entering the market or therisingtideof female employment to meet the demand for labor.
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There is norisingtide.
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Gradually the tone became darker and more stridently self-conscious, reflecting therisingtideof nationalism and militarism.
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Unless states adapt their behaviour to therisingtideof the global civil society, they will perish from it.
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There is arisingtideof opinion against the expansion of large-scale oil plantations.
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They are immensely popular and attract arisingtideof people every year.
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We deplore therisingtideof crime, so we propose to add to it.
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I have no doubt about therisingtideof public anxiety on this issue.
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Much has been said about therisingtideof nationalism in the world.
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We must take into account therisingtideof money purchase pension savings.
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Therisingtideof crime undoubtedly gives great cause for concern to all of us.
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The second reason for the inquiry was therisingtideof crime.
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