As each wave came, the boat rose and fell, like a horse starting toward a fence too high to jump.

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The fire spreads rapidly, a bright wave rolling toward the trees, and Henry pursues the fleeing consequences of his actions with the dogged tenacity of regret itself.

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Another wave lifts me toward shallower water.

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By definition, surfers ride their boards on the crest of a wave as it carries them toward the shore.

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