ebb
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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
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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
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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
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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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