high and low
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Writing for the dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor argues that the Rutherford majority “searches high and low for other statutory limits on what courts may consider when deciding compassionate-release motions.”
From Slate • May 29, 2026
This measurement, which has critics and fans, discards the categories with the most extreme inflation readings on both the high and low ends.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
As shippers frontloaded their goods to get ahead of import taxes, cargo volumes swung high and low.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
The behaviour of the jet stream influences where high and low pressure systems form.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
“I told you to devote more time to yoga. No one listens,” she says as she searches high and low in her locker for her German textbook.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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