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Chris -- 2018-04-11
at a low ebb – 166,000 ghits
at a low web – 18 ghits
I imagine a high web might catch more flies and is therefore preferable to a low web but I find it hard to believe that those using this expression are deliberately employing spidery metaphors. The example of Robert the Bruce seems highly unlikely too; I can’t account for it, but it is mildly interesting so I thought I’d post it anyway…
Zimbabwe are likely to be at a low web after a humiliating seven-wicket defeat against the Kenyans ended their hopes of reaching the last four. ...
www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030315/sports.htm – 83k – Cached
My editing skills are at a low web this foggy, soggy night, but you could send me this um, Christmas story in either an email or text—if you want to. ...
eamonroe.blogspot.com/2006/12/once-upon-midnight-clear-christmas.html – 58k – Cached
At this point they were at a low web, and the insurgency was still small enough that it was easy for the Administration to deny there was a real insurgency. ...
academic.umf.maine.edu/~erb/200607/1eur7.htm – 24k – Cached
trade were at a low web and it made sense to think of national economies that. corresponded to political entities. And political theories tended to speak …
www.prijsvandeuitsluiting.nl/19okt/vers … 191004.pdf
Last edited by Peter Forster (2007-01-24 11:48:05)
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