ebb and flow
idiom
—used to describe something that changes in a regular and repeated way
the ebb and flow of fashion
the ebb and flow of human history
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The restless motion of the natural world is certainly captured in the English title’s reference to an ocean’s ebb and flow.
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2024
And at the Hampton, six miles from the airport, that's upended the ebb and flow.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 13 May 2024
Dockworkers were some of world trade’s first gig workers and largely still operate like that today — jobs ebb and flow along with the clip of port traffic.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Economic cycles, of course, ebb and flow and construction may rebound.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
My experience suggests that short-term price movements are often driven by the ebb and flow of investor sentiment in these companies, rather than the intrinsic value of successful business.
—Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2024
Relationships with your adult children can ebb and flow over time.
—Bea Lewis, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
Monetization shifts, platform algorithms, advertising challenges, and the ebb and flow of patronage — all these converging factors have led to many closures in the industry.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
To wit: a dress of iridescent watery abstraction that contains its own in ebb and flow, displayed next to delicate pen and ink illustrations of an octopus by the 19th-century French naturalist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2024
And at the Hampton, six miles from the airport, that's upended the ebb and flow.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 13 May 2024
Dockworkers were some of world trade’s first gig workers and largely still operate like that today — jobs ebb and flow along with the clip of port traffic.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Economic cycles, of course, ebb and flow and construction may rebound.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
My experience suggests that short-term price movements are often driven by the ebb and flow of investor sentiment in these companies, rather than the intrinsic value of successful business.
—Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2024
Relationships with your adult children can ebb and flow over time.
—Bea Lewis, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
Monetization shifts, platform algorithms, advertising challenges, and the ebb and flow of patronage — all these converging factors have led to many closures in the industry.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
To wit: a dress of iridescent watery abstraction that contains its own in ebb and flow, displayed next to delicate pen and ink illustrations of an octopus by the 19th-century French naturalist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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