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low

[loh] / loʊ /








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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

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

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

“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

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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