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He worked back, with another fastball for a strike and a foul-tipped changeup low and away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The social backlash led to the company that owns Abascal's flat, Urbagestión, negotiating her return to the flat on a low rent.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
They also targeted so-called vulture funds -- investment firms that buy properties at low prices in pursuit of higher returns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
The plan is simply this: If you hit the guardrail on the high end or the low end, you will increase or decrease spending until you get back to that 85% chance of success.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
We wait for her to pass before we get back to screaming—in a low whisper.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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He has three touchdowns, four interceptions and a ho-hum passer rating of 73.4 after never finishing a season with a rating lower than 93.2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Conviction rates are lower than when the person assaulted was sober.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
But on a track where power sensitivity is lower, the improvements to the chassis made in terms of aerodynamics and weight since the summer added up.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Our reporting shows there was demand for shares in Oura, for instance, but at a lower valuation than the company was targeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It circled lower and closer, and Christopher’s whole body stiffened in shock.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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According to quantum electrodynamics and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, even the lowest energy state is never perfectly still.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
In the summer, the Environment Agency declared that Wimbleball was one of the top three lowest reservoirs in the country after levels were recorded as "exceptionally low".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The ceremony, which honored Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and George Strait, earned the lowest ratings in its history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It was one of the hardest, lowest, most shattering moments of my life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Yes it is,” said I, “because I cannot bear that people should say, ‘she throws away her graces and attractions on a mere boor, the lowest in the crowd.’”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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“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
He went into the shed which was the kitchen, leaning against the house, and out of its dusk an ox twisted its head from behind the corner next the door and lowed at him deeply.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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The Dodgers wasted a splendid performance from starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who allowed four hits while striking out nine in six scoreless innings, lowing his earned-run average to 2.20.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2025
You can hear a gentle lowing of cows.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022
When Taylor emerged at the outset of “Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht” via a lowing guttural growl, a wave of grins and giggles spread across the audience like a breeze through a meadow.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
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
Bessie shivered, then made a contented, lowing sound.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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