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ebb

[eb] / ɛb /




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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

“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

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

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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