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But I have somehow assembled enough glittering people and enough secondhand objects — a woven rug, cushions, low tables, an impossible number of candles — that it feels like a tiny seventh-floor pop-up restaurant.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Either way, production collides with weak domestic demand—held back by low confidence, near-zero inflation and the housing bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
This is the highest-level fire warning, signifying that the elements are in place for a perfect storm — with strong, gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels capable of creating a raging wildfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Cases in the U.S. comprise only the smallest fraction of those numbers, with annual deaths usually in the low hundreds and diagnosed cases in the thousands.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
A low roof, so low that he had to crouch on hands and knees; a slab of ice by the entrance hole.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Oil prices turned sharply lower on Tuesday as a Qatari official and the U.S. treasury secretary talked about a potential short-term deal between the U.S. and Iran that would possibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
For its second quarter, McDonald’s reported revenue of $7.1 billion, about $30 million lower than analysts’ expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Mercury, a large Los Angeles-based insurer, charged the highest differential, though it offered lower rates to widowed motorists with 34 or more years of driving experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Aedes albopictus, a much more recent arrival, now has a range that stretches well into New England and the lower Great Lakes and has even been found to overwinter in the Midwest.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
‘We should have crossed lower down,’ Renn said again.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Before the U.S. and Japanese governments stepped into the foreign-exchange market to buy the yen on Friday, the Japanese currency had been trading at its lowest level against the greenback for four decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Levels are lowest in the South West, with Wimbleball and Blagdon classed as exceptionally low.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The theory was based partly on statistical models suggesting that when BMI reaches its lowest point earlier, it also begins rising earlier, potentially leading to a higher BMI in later childhood or adolescence.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
In mid-July, the combined water levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the United States and both fed by the Colorado River, reached their lowest levels in over 60 years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
For example, even a beginning piano player can play the highest and lowest keys; and even the best player cannot play beyond these.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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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
During assembly it melted and lowed weakly into the audience.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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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
He allowed four hits, struck out eight and walked three while lowing his ERA to 0.69 in six starts since being traded from Texas to the Cubs in late July.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2018
Billy cried very little, though he often saw things worth crying about, and in that respect, at least, he resembled the Christ of the carol: The cattle are lowing, The Baby awakes.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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