Definition of "ripples" []

• Plural form of ripple. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripple. (verb)

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• "Never mind that it only takes a “small amount of people” to have an effect on a much larger group, like ripples from a stone dropping in a pond."
• "But the ripples from the subprime crisis are now beginning to affect nearly everyone."
• "Elsewhere, the ripples from the prostitution ring in which the governor of New York was ultimately forced to resign as client number nine is extending its waves across the Atlantic to ensnare British clients."