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Mainline or what was sometimes called liberal Protestantism, which had long dominated American society, was at floodtide.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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We've seen in recent decades what the opening of the market floodgate means to the nations whose artists redefine the boundaries of art, but few can recall a time when the floodtide swept an entire national culture to the pinnacle from which aesthetic and social adjustments can be issued to the rest of the world.
G. Roger Denson: China Takes Top Spot in Art Auction Sales Away From the US & UK -- What It Means for Global Culture G. Roger Denson 2011
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We've seen in recent decades what the opening of the market floodgate means to the nations whose artists redefine the boundaries of art, but few can recall a time when the floodtide swept an entire national culture to the pinnacle from which aesthetic and social adjustments can be issued to the rest of the world.
G. Roger Denson: China Takes Top Spot in Art Auction Sales Away From the US & UK -- What It Means for Global Culture G. Roger Denson 2011
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Iran and Mr. Sadr could not simply unleash a floodtide of violence that would overwhelm Iraqi Security Forces partnered with U.S. units, because they are more capable of handling the situation.
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Reaching the eastern bank of the Colorado in May to find the river at floodtide, he and his traveling companions accomplished a precarious crossing in a makeshift kayak of ox hide.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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Reaching the eastern bank of the Colorado in May to find the river at floodtide, he and his traveling companions accomplished a precarious crossing in a makeshift kayak of ox hide.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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Only a few weeks into the survey there were three brushes with disaster: on February 22 a floodtide swept two men under a barge; they were recovered battered but uninjured.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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By the time the literal storm arrives, its floodtide
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Only a few weeks into the survey there were three brushes with disaster: on February 22 a floodtide swept two men under a barge; they were recovered battered but uninjured.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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The first 6 months of 2009 involved a floodtide of easy credit saturating the Chinese economy.
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