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Once the weekend's stormy weather has passed, forecasts suggest another area of low pressure will develop over the Atlantic before deepening as it approaches the UK from the south-west.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
This boundary marks the region in the disk surrounding the young Sun where temperatures were low enough for water vapor to freeze into ice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Previous Fed chairs have provided a forecast, such as saying something like: The Fed can hike until underlying inflation gets low enough and then the central bank will hold rates steady.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
The Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers are meeting in the Fall Classic despite their low payrolls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
We set the phone’s ring as low as we could and still hear it; but who might happen to be passing through the hall when it rang?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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All participants were already taking at least one medication to lower their blood pressure, but their readings remained above recommended levels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Another way to potentially reduce energy bills is to lower the flow temperature of your combi boiler.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Foot traffic has slowed since May, with Restaurant Business reporting that sales in August were 70% lower than they were two years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
On Friday, the Dow led indexes lower, falling 1.2%, or 653 points, while Nasdaq fell only 0.2%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
I lower my voice so Jonah can’t hear me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Deforestation of the world's largest rainforest has hit its lowest level in four decades under Lula.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Silver lost 1.9% to $53.711 a troy ounce, its lowest settlement since Nov. 26.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Border crossings are now at their lowest level in decades.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Younger adults have now replaced the oldest Americans as the demographic with the lowest vehicle ownership rate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Much of this art, to be sure, is pretty shoddy—art at third- and fourth-hand, worn out by endless repetition, representing the lowest common denominator of popular taste.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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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
She started walking from room to room, opening drawers and closet doors, and I fob lowed her.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
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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
Adriana Horne offered glistening harp interludes before a lovely passage of woodwinds cut through by Peter Cain’s lowing bass clarinet.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2022
You can hear a gentle lowing of cows.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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 went up the hill, where the cow was lowing.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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