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The odds of success are equally low when a CEO tries to internally diversify the different business lines on which their company focuses.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
Because many older communities delayed maintenance for decades to keep dues low, some boards had to issue large special assessments to cover the shortfall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“We have some elevated humidity across the area that increases those overnight low temperatures a bit as well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
"The situation with low flows can be exacerbated because of lock misuse, plus the ageing nature of the canal network, where water naturally seeps away from the canal," the statement continued.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“I made the shortened biscuits myself,” Tansy said, speaking low because Aunt Maud was somewhere about the place.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
About half of Medicare beneficiaries, and most of those with lower incomes, enroll in Advantage plans because they provide comprehensive coverage at lower cost than fee-for-service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Experts see greater potential for a civil -- rather than criminal -- case, where the burden of proof is lower.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Millions of people take statins to lower cholesterol and reduce their chances of having a heart attack or stroke.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The clean air, untainted food and clean water helped to lower the levels of caesium and other radiation stored in the children's bodies.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Drivers from the lower States, from Spain and Switzerland, from Italy and France and Canada.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
“The level of refining capacity that is available is the lowest we’ve seen,” Hansen said, largely due to fuel-market developments beyond the Strait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It then gradually declines, reaching its lowest level at around age 4 years, before beginning to rise again.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
The government's official growth target for this year is 4.5-5.0 percent -- the lowest in decades.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
She credited the spike largely to World Cup travel and the much-anticipated opening of several D Line stations along Wilshire Boulevard, but June 2025 was also the agency’s lowest June on record since 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
A song’s range concerns all of the notes in a song from lowest to highest, while the tessitura concerns the part of the register that contains the most tones of that melody.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
“People see me on the court and they’re like,” he said, then lowed his voice to a whisper, “’Oh, my God!
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
The SCA later lowed its demand to $550m, but the owners and insurers reportedly offered to pay $150m.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2021
They fed us lentils cooked in onion and garlic and thin milk from the water buffalo that lowed outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2020
Charlie’s mother fol- lowed his voice to the kitchen, where she let him know that she and Charlie were home playing cards.
From MSNBC ● Oct. 22, 2014
She started walking from room to room, opening drawers and closet doors, and I fob lowed her.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
The Dodgers wasted a splendid performance from starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who allowed four hits while striking out nine in six scoreless innings, lowing his earned-run average to 2.20.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2025
You can hear a gentle lowing of cows.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022
From its opening lonely trumpet, it gathers and gains; a lowing cello calls, and the orchestra responds.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2022
Behind us, the skyline of Atlanta hidden by the photographer’s backdrop — a lush pasture, green, full of soft-eyed cows lowing, a chant that sounds like no, no.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2018
Billy cried very little, though he often saw things worth crying about, and in that respect, at least, he resembled the Christ of the carol: The cattle are lowing, The Baby awakes.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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