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Regression to the mean is a universal undertow in sports and in life.
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Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
Blackness tugs at the corners of her vision, an undertow from every direction.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
As for the beaches, most guests don’t bother going, since the Atlantic side has dangerous undertows while the black-sand Caribbean one named Oranje is not particularly inviting.
—Alev Aktar, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
And for a brief while, many observers sensed that the eternal undertow of Pakistani politics had somehow reversed.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2023
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Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
Blackness tugs at the corners of her vision, an undertow from every direction.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
As for the beaches, most guests don’t bother going, since the Atlantic side has dangerous undertows while the black-sand Caribbean one named Oranje is not particularly inviting.
—Alev Aktar, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
And for a brief while, many observers sensed that the eternal undertow of Pakistani politics had somehow reversed.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2023
See All Example Sentences for undertow
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“Undertow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertow. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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