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Example Sentences

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It's been a season with a lot of ups and downs.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The latter has seen mostly consistent “all-weather outperformance” throughout market ups and downs of this year.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

This independent streak has helped Nollywood weather the ups and downs of the international streaming economy, dominated by the same handful of players in West Africa as it is in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

He is firmly in the pragmatic camp when it comes to evidence synthesis, believing that investing at least some effort in collecting evidence still dramatically ups the chances of making a good choice.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

I watched the peaks and valleys of the big waves, waiting for something large to be revealed in the ups and downs, like a whale or a shark.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen