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- noun   Plural form of rapid .
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Examples
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								During our two-hour trip, guides from the California Conservation Corps helped us down the rockier parts, what they called "rapids." NPR Topics: News 2011 
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								I have nearly lost my life in rapids chasing these big guys. 
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								I have nearly lost my life in rapids chasing these big guys. 
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								Coming up next, a new meaning to the word rapids in Cedar Rapids, Iowa tonight. 
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								On the dangerous San Francisco River one of the rapids is called “Tira-calcoens” = take off your trousers (Highlands of the Brazil, ii. 
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								The tinkling of the water and the rushing of the rapids were the only sounds heard. 
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								The tinkling of the water and the rushing of the rapids were the only sounds heard. 
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								The tinkling of the water and the rushing of the rapids were the only sounds heard. 
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								Running the rapids is a favourite, and, I must add, a charming diversion of adventurous travellers. 
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								This is called the rapids city-states became the arathi people -- capital of arathor. Korean-Mexican Fusion: Korean BBQ Kalbi Tacos? e d b m 2007 
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