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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

As if a healthy Ohtani would ever ebb so dramatically.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Despite the bumper quarter, bank executives acknowledged every flow has its ebb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He still felt like he wasn’t breathing, but the tension started to ebb a little, letting go of his stomach.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness

As workloads mount and job security ebbs, the pre-Monday dread spiral is getting worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

“This means higher economic volatility and a more reactive monetary policy environment as inflation ebbs and flows,” they added.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Game to game, even minute to minute, half to half, it ebbs and flows,” captain Tim Ream said of momentum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

Of course, the popularity or otherwise of all parties ebbs and flows over time, and as recently as the 2017 general election Labour and the Conservatives managed 82.4% of the vote between them.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

But this relief soon ebbs: for someone who’s so smelly, Teeth is hard to track.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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

Unemployment levels have ebbed and flowed in recent months, but remain near historic lows despite slow hiring as companies continue to forgo major layoffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

Over the next two months, the match’s momentum ebbed and flowed, but from the ninth game on, Bobby, scraping his way back, took the lead and held on to it.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

He had been so wound up in trying to get home, he had not noticed the ebbing of the crisis until now.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville