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ebb

[eb] / ɛb /




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The problem is with each disappointment, the belief of United being 'a really good team' starts to ebb away.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

Indeed, if demand for memory should ebb before supply contracts expire, those will likely be renegotiated or extended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

In these streams the ebb and flow of the tide is visible for miles inland—hence the name Tidewater Maryland.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

Additionally, the business model for Wingstop is one of extreme ebbs and flows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 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

But as I look at him, my anger ebbs away, like the changing of the tide.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

He warned that investors were facing a rare buyers strike as demand for stocks ebbed.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

We discussed whether signs of confidence he showed at the start had slowly ebbed away.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The increases were partially offset by hair care sales, which ebbed 0.7% to $140 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

The conversation ebbed, changed to the mathematics teacher who did not know how to solve simultaneous equations.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Potential investors now believe that valuation needs to come in closer to $1 trillion, given recent market volatility and ebbing appetite for risk, The Wall Street Journal reported last week.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

"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

“Without a bullish EIA print or continued warm weather, ebbing momentum could limit short-term upside,” Eli Rubin of EBW Analytics says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

The ocean of people stretched farther than I could see— waves of people ebbing and flowing, shoving the sawhorses and the policemen who were trying to keep them in place.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals


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