blow over

Example Sentences

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Locals wish the whole thing would blow over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

To that end, Granville’s new base-case timeline sits somewhere between four to five weeks and the five months that it took for the 2022 oil shock to blow over.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

And this isn't a bust-up between buddies that will easily blow over.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Likewise he thinks worries about AI replacing other companies will blow over: “Such periods of ‘creative destruction’ aren’t, in general, something to be concerned about when considering the market as a whole.”

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

I stood on the sidewalk and let the perfumed breeze blow over me, free of construction dust and exhaust fumes.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda