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Borrowing costs rose across the board, and suddenly running big deficits became much less affordable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

A tribute video to Keegan was then played on the big screen before supporters' group Wor Flags unveiled a huge display, which involved every seat in the ground, including Liverpool supporters.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

"The president wanted to do this. He's a big fan. We wanted to be part of the 250th anniversary," IndyCar series owner Roger Penske said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

"This study is a big breakthrough for the field of Alzheimer's research," says Yadong Huang, MD, PhD, associate director of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and a senior author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Then the short woman with the big smile sat with them, cozying up beside Kathy.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Bureau of Labor Statistics — and lately, it’s been taking a bigger slice out of my wallet.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

With morning temperatures in rural areas hovering around 3C, and perhaps only 6-9C in some bigger cities, you would think autumn was just around the corner.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The allegations in these indictments apparently are that they went beyond exaggerating the threats and actually supported these organizations to make them bigger threats so they could then monitor them or do whatever they did.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

At first, dealers had practical concerns: How does a small shop that has never packaged an order bigger than 20 books even ship a batch of 200?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

“I think we’re going to need a bigger map?”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Díaz, the team’s biggest offseason acquisition, had elbow surgery early in the season and was out from April to late July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Still, its biggest competitor, Amazon is growing its overall share of apparel sales faster, according to some third-party data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

UT Dallas researchers and their collaborators have now addressed one of the biggest obstacles to producing zirconia restorations with 3D printing.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Housing is the biggest expense for people in their 70s, according to the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

He was still barking furiously, one tiny dog against the biggest, baddest hurricane Miami had ever seen, but his focus had shifted.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

"We bigged him up before kick off for his technical abilities, and he has just shown them again here. This guy is an outstanding player."

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

“This agreement has been bigged up as something that will be a solution to the world’s food shortage, and it is just not,” said Tracey Allen, an agricultural commodities strategist at JPMorgan Chase.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

This album has been bigged up by professional critics over the age of 50, but they are all closet fans.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2020

Brendan was never as good as people bigged him up to me.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2015

He has bigged a bower beside the thorn,   He has fenced it up wi' stane, And there within the Elmond wood,   They twa has dwelt their lane.

From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates

"My first response was embarrassment because I'm not one for bigging myself up," he says.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025

The coach of Ireland bigging up an Ireland wing?

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

Another massive performance and others aside from Sinfield might be bigging him up.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

Patrick Vieira has been bigging up Michael Olise, and warning off potential suitors.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2022

Mr. Oldbuck's "ecstatic description" of the Roman camp with its praetorium was spoilt by Edie Ochiltree's disastrous interruption "Praetorian here, praetorian there, I mind the bigging o't."

From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley