Lamarck stands there in stone, like King Canute trying to roll back the tide, the tide, in this case, of an Anglo-Saxon version of events.

BBC: Part Three - France and the World

So perhaps the eggheads can produce the politicians' missing miracle, a formula to roll back a tide of regulation that has been running one-way for almost three decades.

ECONOMIST: In love with regulation

If the tide is high and the ocean stormy, waves roll into the springs.

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