I open to close but I close to open. I'm surrounded by water but I'm never soaking. What am I?

I open to close but I close to open. I'm surrounded by water but I'm never soaking. What am I?

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I hide in a dark tunnel awaiting my time. I can only be released by pulling back. Once released I may do unstoppable damage.

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Never ahead, ever behind, yet flying swiftly past; for a child, I last forever; for an adult, I'm gone too fast. What am I?

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I am drawn by everyone without pen or pencil. What am I?

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I think you live beneath a roof that is upheld by me; I think you seldom walk abroad but my fair form you see; I close you in on every side you very dwelling pave and probably I'll go with you At last into the grave.

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Six letters do my name compound; among the aged oft I'm found; The shepherd also by the brook hears me when Leaning on his crook; but in the middle me divide and take the half on either side each backward read a liquor tell ev'ry gay toper knows it well.

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Riddle of the Day

Aug 28, 2026

The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?

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