Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 41 treading water 38 tide 38 uncharted waters 38 paddling 36 wading 35 cutthroat 35 swum 34 currents 34 powerless 34 gangbusters 34 going 34 flopping 34 bobbing 34 tidal wave 34 swim 33 uphill battle 33 doing 33 paddled 33 angling 32 swam 32 ebbs 31 smooth sailing 31 outmatched 31 quicksand 31 slough 31 swimming 31 wade 31 stagnant 31 uphill climb 30 dire straits 30 paddle 30 downriver 30 flowing 30 rising tide 30 thinking 30 river 30 swims 30 beholden 30 crapshoot 30 railroaded 30 cognizant 30 migrating 30 flailing 30 scared 30 choppy 29 shortsighted 29 sucked 29 drown 29 demonizing 29 ebb 29 stay afloat 29 extinct 29 digesting 29 uncharted territory 29 panicking 29 prospering 29 groundswell 29 estuaries 29 misinformed 29 predatory 29 survive 29 flounder 28 seeping 28 drowning 28 roaring 28 tough 28 lifeblood 28 foolhardy 28 afraid 28 Bering Sea 28 fluke 28 shallows 28 slogging 28 uphill 28 outsmart 28 trolling 28 pretty darn 28 flows 28 minnow 28 irrational 28 behaving 28 spawn 28 suckers 28 floundering 28 fishy 28 shoo 28 micromanaging 28 overconfident 28 philosophically 28 thrive 28 upriver 28 foolish 28 adapting 27 eating 27 receding 27 trying 27 jellyfish 27 foregone conclusion 27 tides 27 awhile 27 blindsided