Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth.
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Famous quotes containing the word tide:
“Oh, may the tide be soon enough at high
To keep our abstract verse from being dry.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Ktaadn ... is an Indian word signifying highest land,... very few, even among backwoodsmen and hunters, have ever climbed it, and it will be a long time before the tide of fashionable travel sets that way.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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