Example Sentences

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A spinning top near $15 the week ending April 11, 2025, indicated that selling pressure was abating.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It had said excess patient mortality from COVID-19 was abating but would still pose a 100 million euro burden on 2022 operating income.

From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2023

Less than three months ago, Edwards lifted a previous face covering requirement amid hopes that the virus was abating.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2021

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — It seemed as if the Ebola crisis was abating.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2015

When he emerged upon the flats he saw that it was no more than a squall and the wind was abating again.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood