blow over

Example Sentences

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Still, the archbishop is hopeful that the sparring will blow over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

To that end, Granville’s new base-case timeline sits somewhere between four to five weeks and the five months that it took for the 2022 oil shock to blow over.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Likewise he thinks worries about AI replacing other companies will blow over: “Such periods of ‘creative destruction’ aren’t, in general, something to be concerned about when considering the market as a whole.”

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The last time Norway suffered a diplomatic blow over the Nobel Peace Prize was with China in 2010, when it was awarded to political dissident Liu Xiaobo.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

The robot locked her arms and legs around the tree and waited for the storm to blow over.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown