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Annual meat supply had fluctuated in a range of 3,000-5,000 tons, including imports from Norway and Iceland.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023

Before the law passed, the salaries for the Uihleins had fluctuated.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2021

Investigators later found that Lion Air Flight 610’s altitude had fluctuated repeatedly in its final minutes, perhaps as pilots fought to overcome the anti-stall software without realizing how to fully disengage it.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2019

What they found when they isolated the different pillars of the state was that their loyalty or attitude toward the regime had fluctuated over time.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2012

For the poor brother in hospital had passed through many vicissitudes since his operation, and the little maid's spirits had fluctuated accordingly.

From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.