ebb
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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
Evidence of a connection has remained elusive however, as El Niño is notoriously variable, making it difficult to distinguish long-term changes from its natural ebb and flow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Despite the bumper quarter, bank executives acknowledged every flow has its ebb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It was both quieter and less rhythmic—not an ebb and flow, but instead the constant whisper of a river.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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“This means higher economic volatility and a more reactive monetary policy environment as inflation ebbs and flows,” they added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Who will pay the price when the SpaceX hype ebbs?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
When bullish momentum ebbs, stocks can plunge quickly.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Yet gold holds its value, even as its price ebbs and flows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 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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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
Sunrisers had a glimmer when Seifert skied Abrar Ahmed on 57 but Crawley dropped a tough chance and the belief ebbed out of the visitors.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Binance pledged to overhaul its financial-crime controls as part of the plea deal, and the flow of Iranian funds ebbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Since then, the relationship has ebbed and flowed.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
It was darker, too, and with it, the whimsy of the moment ebbed away.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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There are more than 200 reporters covering the case, and a group of women supporters - ebbing and flowing in size - have been coming to the courthouse over the past few weeks.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, any ebbing of energy and related costs if the Iran war ends would provide an additional boost to margins.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 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 weak market environment and high levels of geopolitical uncertainty that dogged performance last year meanwhile show no signs of ebbing, Lanxess said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Morale there was ebbing rapidly, and Dunbar was under surveillance.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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