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ebb

[eb] / ɛb /




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The German men's national team is currently at its lowest ebb in decades, having failed to reach the last 16 at the past three World Cups.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Indeed, if demand for memory should ebb before supply contracts expire, those will likely be renegotiated or extended.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

The fish come up on the sand for about two hours at night, as the high tide starts to ebb, usually between 10pm and 2am.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

And so the idea that he experienced that kind of low ebb at that point in his career, I think, is interesting.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

From the guard towers the lights scanned steadily, making shadows ebb and flow among the barracks like dark, square waves.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Who will pay the price when the SpaceX hype ebbs?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Whereas Coltrane brought grace and a gentle texture, Rollins arguably delivered a firmer sense of music's ebbs and flows, crafting jazz in the manner of a classical composer.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

The longer the ceasefire, the more likely that any spike in inflation ebbs away in the coming months.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2026

Since national defense cannot tolerate downtime, readiness spending tends to persist even when procurement ebbs.

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

The pain ebbs slightly when Celia kneels next to him and takes his hand.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

His standing ebbed further when a long-simmering row behind the scenes over defence spending prompted Labour stalwart John Healey to resign as defence secretary earlier this month.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Since then, the relationship has ebbed and flowed.

From Slate May 19, 2026

But the pace at which the increases ebbed differed within that market, in part because its retail structures differed among states and cities.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

Lower gas prices in Permian and reduced volumes primarily drove the lower earnings, while shares ebbed 1.7% in premarket trading.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

But that lone winter afternoon my fighting spirit had ebbed to an all-time low.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

While he hung on for several more weeks, the PM's authority was ebbing away.

From BBC Jun. 22, 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 end of the China boom coincided with ebbing demand for coal in the U.S., where the shale oil boom produced a surge in natural gas supplies and a steep fall in its prices.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2026

Dawn was approaching, and the horrors of the night were ebbing away.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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