ebb and flow
Example Sentences
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“There is a lot of ebb and flow in the garden,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Wars ebb and flow, and right now Ukraine's facing a harsh tide.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Ms. DuBois cannot be faulted for recounting the ebb and flow of 19th-century reform campaigns, and she does it well.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
The actual figures will ebb and flow with changes in monthly expenses, inflation, your investment returns and, of course, taxes.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026
Worse than that, if left in that time period for too long, they would inevitably become Butterflies themselves, meddling with the ebb and flow of time by their very presence.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
