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[eb] / ɛb /




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Perhaps this existence is more about riding the ebb and flow than it is mapping the course.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

“Your vulnerabilities can ebb and flow. So you want to ask, ‘Where are my vulnerabilities?’” in a given situation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

At times today, it felt like a radical rethink, and it leaves British-Israeli relations at their lowest ebb for decades.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

LONDON—A few months ago, Nathan Cofnas was at a low ebb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

I loved ebb tide, when the pluff mud bubbled, and flood tide, when the waters lapped gently against the shore.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

As workloads mount and job security ebbs, the pre-Monday dread spiral is getting worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Attention surrounding Sunset Cliffs injuries ebbs and flows much like the current, according to Frank Gormlie, a longtime San Diego County resident who tracked incidents more than a decade ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“This means higher economic volatility and a more reactive monetary policy environment as inflation ebbs and flows,” they added.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

Of course, the popularity or otherwise of all parties ebbs and flows over time, and as recently as the 2017 general election Labour and the Conservatives managed 82.4% of the vote between them.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

The pain ebbs slightly when Celia kneels next to him and takes his hand.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

But support for this bill has ebbed away.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

And even though levels of leverage in certain corners of the market have ebbed from their peak levels seen shortly before July’s artificial-intelligence swoon, risks remain.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

Revenue ebbed 1.7% to $560.9 million, coming in ahead of Wall Street models for $557.1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Since then, the relationship has ebbed and flowed.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

Over the next two months, the match’s momentum ebbed and flowed, but from the ninth game on, Bobby, scraping his way back, took the lead and held on to it.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

"Ten years ago, I thought student interest was ebbing and I would need to find something else to teach about," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

With alcohol consumption ebbing again, the brand is now experimenting with a zero-alcohol citrus cocktail it calls Citrus Sin—in homage to Beam’s Prohibition-informed philosophy that not promoting agriculture and community employment was a sin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

The most famous story-style intro — it literally begins with, “Here’s a story” — belongs to “The Brady Bunch,” which bridged the 1960s and ’70s, a decade that saw the ebbing of title-sequence stories.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

Any ebbing of drone strikes could be deceptive, with Iran amassing them for another swarming assault.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

And suddenly I felt the disappointment ebbing away and being replaced by a real happiness.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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