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[loh] / loʊ /








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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

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

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

“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

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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