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ebb and flow



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Idioms and Phrases

A decline and increase, constant fluctuations. For example, He was fascinated by the ebb and flow of the Church's influence over the centuries . This expression alludes to the inward and outward movement of ocean tides. [Late 1500s]
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“The Golden Hour” is a determinedly artful and novelistic memoir, recalling the ebb and flow of millions in Hollywood in the past half-century, not to account for winners and losers but to better understand his parents’ psyches, and his own.

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“When there's a constant ebb and flow of students and parents moving in and out of the public school systems, it's incredibly challenging to come up with a budget.”

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In Lewis’ experience, the thefts tend to ebb and flow, often tied to the release of a desirable new product.

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Instead, state supreme courts have repeatedly held that their state equality provisions can, and sometimes do, provide more extensive safeguards, protecting their residents, as the Supreme Court of Vermont explained, “however the philosophy of the United States Supreme Court may ebb and flow.”

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"We have seen it ebb and flow. Both sides will be happy with the point in the end."

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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