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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
peaks and troughs (= high points and low points )
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Sales went through a number of peaks and troughs in the last fiscal year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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water
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Horse to horse contact directly or via feed, water troughs , pasture or stable fittings pass the infection to susceptible horses.
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Scattered here and there are bathtubs, taking on new lives as water troughs .
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Playing with the classroom water trough , some children feel the need to fill, pour and empty continuously.
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The water trough was empty except for a layer of scum, a beer bottle and some sweet wrappers.
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There it lived happily ever after, plodding dreamily through piles of dandelions and cabbage - carefully avoiding the water trough .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the peaks and troughs of economic cycles
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About half a mile upstream the trough was traversed by the Purton breakwater.
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In a wave trough I caught a glimpse of a coral head to port: a little too close for comfort.
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Scattered here and there are bathtubs, taking on new lives as water troughs.
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The allocation of labour to activities can be plotted as a histogram which will invariably show peaks and troughs.
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The field was a marsh, the track a trough .
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Then suddenly he thrust his head between his owner's legs and hoisted him into the trough with a resounding splash!
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There was a lot of gravel to walk across with troughs and wheelbarrows with snowdrops and crocuses in.