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But in the half light of dawn, at about half past four, a destroyer came towards them from the west, throwing a deep, feathery bow wave of white foam aside as she cut through the water, bearing down on them.
2022 April 20, “Network News: MPs pursue updates on progress of National Rail Contracts”, in RAIL, number 955, page 17:
"They are not able to service every railway contract going to the market at the same time. It creates an artificial bow-wave of work and in some cases, like TransPennine, the nature of the infrastructure work means we want some continuity," he said.
Translations
a wave coming off the bow of a ship as it moves through the water
