troughs
Example Sentences
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The peaks and troughs under Clarke were quite something.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Horses and livestock need their troughs filled daily, forecasters said, as consumption can double in the heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
If the war is mercifully short and risk appetite troughs in March, as Hartnett and team expect, then the bid for what he refers to as the inflation boom beneficiaries should reassert itself.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
Some rest over deep troughs or underwater mountains, while others lie across broad, flat plains.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
During the fall and winter the salmon eggs, large and thick- shelled, lay in shallow gravel-filled troughs, or redds, which the mother fish had dug in the stream bottom.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
