ebb and flow
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Ms. DuBois cannot be faulted for recounting the ebb and flow of 19th-century reform campaigns, and she does it well.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
This doesn't mean you should question the natural ebb and flow of a long term relationship.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 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
But eventually the experimentation comes to resemble the ebb and flow of the narrative on which both Stewart and Poots have a firm grip.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
Worse than that, if left in that time period for too long, they would inevitably become Butterflies themselves, meddling with the ebb and flow of time by their very presence.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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