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low

[loh] / loʊ /








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You have a Roth IRA, traditional IRA, inherited IRA and Eli Lilly stock with a very low basis.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

"I had trouble standing up from low chairs and deep couches without someone offering me an arm," she said.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

"The wildfire danger level will continue to increase, reaching extreme levels and making firefighting efforts more difficult due to high temperatures, locally gusty southerly winds and widespread low humidity," it said in a statement.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Open, where he wound up finishing tied for 23rd as the low amateur, it was time to go pro.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Seemed like Tansy was looking high and low for any little leftover opening in our heads she could cram knowledge into.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Average income for islanders is 12% lower in real terms than five years previously, a survey says.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

"Our results suggest that replacing sugar-sweetened sodas with unsweetened sparkling water may help lower the risk of enamel erosion," said Zulfiqar.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

Overnight, lower temperatures, weaker winds and higher air humidity helped make progress against the blazes west of the capital, the Madrid regional government said.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

The closer your relationship to the deceased, the lower the tax rate, so the percentage depends on who left you this money.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Boy and dog moved their heads in unison as they scanned the lower shelves, which were filled with plastic containers.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

In a statement, Banyard described the former funeral director as the "lowest of the low".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The 62% of respondents who said they view same-sex relations as moral is the lowest since 2016.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

The brothers staunchly disagree with the maxim that puns are the lowest form of humor, and their works are almost universally branded with gratingly unfunny names.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Volkswagen's vehicle deliveries in the country were last year already at their lowest level since 2011 and they fell a further 31.6 percent in the first six months of the year, the firm said.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Criminologists had come to understand that blood coagulates at the lowest point of a body after death, producing dark splotches on the skin.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“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

Across the field Anna’s cow lowed, wanting to be milked.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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

“Neither the screaming wild-cat nor the howling wolf are longer heard, but instead the crowing cock, the bleating lamb, and lowing kine.”

From Washington Times Jan. 5, 2017

She shifted back and forth, back and forth, lowing in a most mournful manner.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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