ups

Example Sentences

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He spoke with immense power of his life with her, their fantastic ups of having children and travelling the world through rugby and then the pain of her illness.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

“The intermediate is where we’re seeing the ups and downs, but we can pick and choose what comes out of it,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

I’ve been very comfortable with the ups and downs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

So my hope is that at least a single candidate ups their game and comes to voters with not just attacks, but something that inspires, something that sets them apart.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

They are—after all this time, from Zundert to now, through all their ups and downs, their divergent and convergent paths—bound together, brothers, friends.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman