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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Workout trends ebb and flow online, but Pilates is one form of exercise that has been increasingly attracting people's attention across social media.
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Amber Sayer, Health, 29 Oct. 2024
There is the constant ebb and flow of the waves, the revelation and submergence of the intertidals at different times of day, the rising sea levels.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
The ebb and flow that can accompany any veteran hitmaker’s career trajectory continued for Usher into the mid- to late 2010s.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2024
But interest and investment tend to ebb and flow with workforce shortages, said Jean Moore, director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the State University of New York at Albany.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
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Amber Sayer, Health, 29 Oct. 2024
There is the constant ebb and flow of the waves, the revelation and submergence of the intertidals at different times of day, the rising sea levels.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
The ebb and flow that can accompany any veteran hitmaker’s career trajectory continued for Usher into the mid- to late 2010s.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2024
But interest and investment tend to ebb and flow with workforce shortages, said Jean Moore, director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the State University of New York at Albany.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Ebb and flow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ebb%20and%20flow. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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