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   undertow

   /ˈʌndətəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a current of water below the surface and moving in a different direction from any surface current: "I was swept away by the undertow"
   • ▪ an implicit quality, emotion, or influence underlying the superficial aspects of something and leaving a particular impression: "there's a dark undertow of loss that links the novel with earlier works"

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