bouts

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He adds: "England might want to slow things down more to allow the players time to recover between bouts of high intensity play."

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

This will cause bouts of declines, which will curb just how high these stocks go.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Concurrently, Brock’s cynicism had a way of giving into bouts of radical optimism, which most famously took form on the group’s best-known song, 2004’s “Float On.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Despite frequent bouts of seasickness, Field undertook dozens of crossings between New York and London, seeking investors and cultivating government support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The first step would be to isolate the bouts in question: those fought on a tournament’s final day between a wrestler on the bubble and a wrestler who has already secured his eighth win.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt