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[eb] / ɛb /




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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

A World Cup quarter-final though does return Kane to arguably the lowest ebb of his international career, when he missed a late penalty in a defeat by France at the Qatar finals.

From BBC Jul. 9, 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

But portfolio manager Clark expects SpaceX's "bubbliscious" valuation to ebb once additional shares hit the market.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

It seemed that the force of her astonishing fertility had finally begun to ebb.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Who will pay the price when the SpaceX hype ebbs?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 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

When bullish momentum ebbs, stocks can plunge quickly.

From Barron's Apr. 29, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

Just as he says this, Bad Leg’s voice reaches my bones—it’s as smooth as a river, and it ebbs and flows and ripples at just the right moments.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Revenue ebbed 1.7% to $560.9 million, coming in ahead of Wall Street models for $557.1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 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

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

The grip on his limbs tightened again, but the pain had ebbed away and the trembling had stopped, leaving him merely weak and cold.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

From BBC Jun. 22, 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

Markets are expected to closely watch for signals that the central bank’s thinking on future cuts is shifting, as its urgency to support growth is ebbing, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

I was half way between waking and slumber in the dark corner of the stockade, shivering beneath my blanket—my shoes once again my own—my spirits ebbing with fatigue.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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