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against the tide
Idioms and Phrases
see swim against the tide .Example Sentences
As humanity swims against the tide of rising temperatures, they will also need to solve lingering mysteries regarding these scientific facts.
In addition, the election revealed the extent that Trump’s escalation of the so-called “culture wars,” positioned him with his followers as a self-styled defender of reactionary values against the tide of progressive reform.
But despite the challenges, there are still a few in the business who continue to swim against the tide.
Those who want to box Americans into tidy, monolithic racial or ethnic groups are swimming against the tide.
“It is hard to swim against the tide like that when 80 percent of the people around you have different views,” said Mr. Gonzalez, who is now a doctoral student.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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