ebb
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It wasn't far from here, around 17 years ago, that she was at her lowest ebb.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Then again, the company’s earnings might be at their low ebb.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Perhaps this existence is more about riding the ebb and flow than it is mapping the course.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
As if a healthy Ohtani would ever ebb so dramatically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
I didn’t recognize the song, but I recognized David Gilmour’s voice, and the ebb and flow of Pink Floyd’s synthesizers.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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As workloads mount and job security ebbs, the pre-Monday dread spiral is getting worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
“I just think there’s also just ebbs and flows of the season, and what to attribute things to and what not to is just too hard to say,” Gomes said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
When the energy for that ebbs, I’ll be worthless.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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He warned that investors were facing a rare buyers strike as demand for stocks ebbed.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 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
The increases were partially offset by hair care sales, which ebbed 0.7% to $140 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The data shed light on how immigration detention has ebbed and flowed so far in 2026.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Within the hotel chemical odors ebbed and flowed like an atmospheric tide.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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But whatever faith people had in his ability to fix those problems, it is apparently ebbing away - and, the brutal truth is, it can be hard to find voters who like him.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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
She expects the US interest in Greenland to continue "like a wave", ebbing and flowing.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
William was warming up, his words ebbing and flowing like the sermon of a wandering preacher.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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