Another word of the week is ebb, which dictionary.com defines as "the flowing back of water as the tide returns to the sea. Or a point of decline." I like how this word can define the flow of water or a concept that is declining just like the tide. This word was found in another NY Times article about the Libyan revolution by C.J. Chivers. The sentence reads, "Gunfire started to ebb..." So gunfire decreased like how the tide recedes every day. Just like the flow of our own emotions.
The article can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/world/africa/10libya.html?hp
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