Beneath the heavenly sphere this solar cycle is mirrored in the lunar cycle of wax and wane and tidal ebb and flood.

在天球里，太阳的活动周期也反映在月亮的盈亏圆缺和相对应的潮起潮落的月运周期。

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This has led to a deluge of political financing in this presidential election cycle, and likewise, resulting in a flood of money spent on political advertising campaigns.

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Flood-tide: rising tide, part of the tidal cycle between low water and the next high water.

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