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• Then they returned to Dunyazad and displayed her in the fifth dress and in the sixth, which was green, when she surpassed with her loveliness the fair of the four quarters of the world and outvied, with the brightness of her countenance, the full moon at rising tide; for she was even as saith of her the poet in these couplets122: — The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
• The police seem unable to cope with the rising tide of car crime.
• With ships arriving faster than dock workers can handle them, the ports can't keep ahead of the rising tide of Pacific Rim cargo.
• Whole buildings," we are told, "seemed to sweat as condensation formed on every wall, and the stench — always terrible — even in the depths of winter frosts — reached new heights of toxicity, flowing up from the sewers, privies, and yards, and filling the halls, stairways and airshafts like a rising tide. A Gangster Goes to War
• Faced with a rising tide of insolvencies, banks are actually cutting back their lending to small and medium-sized companies.
• There is anxiety about the rising tide of crime.
• The police seem unable to cope with the rising tide of car crime.
• He slid this off the float, loaded into it sundry boxes and packages, and taking his seat astern, paddled inshore to where the rising tide was ruffled by the outsetting current of a river. The Hidden Places
• The postmistress called for security firms to be made responsible for safe keys to try and stem the rising tide of robberies.
• Such moves in future, however, should also attempt to curb the rising tide of foul language, both on the pitch and terraces.