ebb
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
It isn’t clear if or when those tensions will ebb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
At the same time, he acknowledged that the decline was likely also the result of other factors that govern the ebb and flow of crime.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 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
And I understood just what we would do for each other, just what we would do for the ebb and pull of the dream, the bigger dream that held us all.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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