as in everywhere
in every place or in all places
I've been looking high and low for my glasses
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Recent Examples of high and low
House Majority Leader Scott Odenbach, R-Spearfish, has a bill moving through the Legislature that would use the eight-year market average, throwing out the high and low numbers, to set taxable values for individual properties with a goal of moderating spikes in valuations and taxes.
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Meghan O'Brien,
States Newsroom,
27 Feb. 2026
The whinny is an unusual combination of both high and low-pitched sounds — like a cross between a grunt and a squeal — that come out at the same time.
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Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Hours later when the 36 skiers eventually finished, the final standings showed the impossible high and low of skiing.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
Sandoval, again taking leading-lady duties, plays Dahlia, a cop reporting to Bernal (Dennis Marasigan), a shady police chief with friends in both high and low places in Manila, a city still under martial law in 1979.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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Meghan O'Brien,
States Newsroom,
27 Feb. 2026
The whinny is an unusual combination of both high and low-pitched sounds — like a cross between a grunt and a squeal — that come out at the same time.
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Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Hours later when the 36 skiers eventually finished, the final standings showed the impossible high and low of skiing.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
Sandoval, again taking leading-lady duties, plays Dahlia, a cop reporting to Bernal (Dennis Marasigan), a shady police chief with friends in both high and low places in Manila, a city still under martial law in 1979.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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So Bauer heads back to Mexico City, continuing a journey that has taken him everywhere except the bigs.
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The bacteria that cause tetanus are everywhere in our environment and cannot be eliminated, which is why staying up to date on vaccination is so important.
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