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low

[loh] / loʊ /








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The likelihood of infection for people in the Europe area is "very low," the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Coupled with low trading volume, a close race can appear to be anything but in betting markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

These remaining datasets could provide further insights into how small a collision system can become, and how low its energy can fall, before quark-gluon plasma can no longer form.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

When we go low, we freak out, and when they go low, we are just like, “Oh, well, that’s what they do.”

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

The vision returned: that of Gingersnipes in Clare’s home—wearing his cloak—and he let out a low, sharp growl.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Of course, United's supporters have very recent experience of seeing their team in the lower reaches of the table.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The WSJ Dollar Index edged lower, down for three consecutive trading days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The median business also saw a lower click-through rate, or the percentage of people who choose to click on an ad after seeing it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

The firefighters union said the tax fund is essential to increase the number of firefighters and lower response times across the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

It was lower than Janie’s and it didn’t go up and down very much.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

L.A. county residents’ perception of their quality of life is at the lowest level in more than a decade, according to an annual survey sponsored by UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Neither showed a measurable shift toward brittle behavior at the lowest temperature tested.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

On Thursday, the Environment Agency gave the firm one star out of four - its lowest possible rating - meaning Yorkshire Water was classed as a "poorly performing company".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The stock is trading at its lowest levels since early August after the broad tech selloff.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The child was still in high spirits, and blackbird Ben was helping Pantalaimon fly as high as he could, which was not quite high enough to reach the lowest branches of a light-bearing tree.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

“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

When the cow lowed again, closer yet, they halted.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

Alsop took a painterly approach to Mahler’s many details — birdsong and bells, dewdrop harps, the lowing moo of a tuba.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2023

You can hear a gentle lowing of cows.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022

The American landscape, however, was no longer made up of trees and cows lowing plangently at dusk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2020

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

They clamped their hands over their ears until the lowing stopped.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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