ebb and flow
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Research suggests that pills which flatten the natural ebb and flow of fertility can dampen shifts in attraction that typically occur across the menstrual cycle, potentially altering initial mate choice.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
At the same time, he acknowledged that the decline was likely also the result of other factors that govern the ebb and flow of crime.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
The actual figures will ebb and flow with changes in monthly expenses, inflation, your investment returns and, of course, taxes.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026
History shows that Latin American stock markets are closely related with the ebb and flow of commodity markets.
From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026
Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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