There's a swirling blend to the city, like the water in the creek where it meets the incoming tide.

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But Canute did not think he could stop the incoming tide.

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The group were thought to have been trapped by the incoming tide in the Solway Firth but a coastguard search failed to find any sign of them.

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Three people have been rescued and taken to hospital after being trapped by the incoming tide in two separate incidents in the Vale of Glamorgan in one afternoon.

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But he is howling at the incoming tide.

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His time had probably gone anyway, but he did not stand a chance when the Republicans chose Ronald Reagan to ride the incoming conservative tide.

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Rise early in Miami Beach - the island community south-west of Miami proper - to join the outgoing tide of joggers as they meet the incoming swell of dishevelled club-goers along the ocean boardwalk, which runs from 21st Street to 46th Street.

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Shrimpers on the Louisiana Gulf Coast are worried about another rite of summer: a strong seasonal incoming tide that is known locally for bringing in nutrients that feed marsh grass.

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