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Its rounded shape is an important clue because weapons tipped with flint or stone generally produce openings with flatter or more angular edges.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

In response to complaints of speeding, he said, Raman’s office helped get four speed tables — a flatter, wider version of speed bumps — installed in the intersection near his business last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

By the end, her stomach appears flatter - if a little red.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Yet even moving to a flatter yield-curve environment can have negative consequences.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

I close my eyes until we level into a flatter forty-five-degree descent.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The bubble story survives because it flatters people who can’t beat the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Laycock also warns that AI often flatters users and agrees with them rather than challenging their ideas, creating risks for young people who may accept answers without thinking critically.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Crypto markets have billions in wash trading — fake volume that flatters momentum and dupes newcomers.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

Popular entertainment not only diverts viewers; it habitually flatters them.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024

Max flatters me but not in a sleazy way.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The reinsurer’s third-quarter net profit was less than that of the same period a year before, when its results were flattered by exceptionally low major-loss expenditures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The end of regulatory tailwinds that recently flattered the group’s results mean Fresenius Medical Care could be set for an operating profit contraction, according to JPM.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Again, I was surprised — and flattered — to find myself on the guest list, and naturally I wanted to know what the occasion was.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Burwell said he’s flattered by recent online praise from the likes of Ethel Cain, Flying Lotus and Kid Cudi for his score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

It is curious how one can be easily flattered in certain situations by otherwise insignificant incidents.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The Times’ obituary was as flattering as most: “We have public men who might well copy in some measure the pose of mind, the calm dignity, the graceful honesty and gentle manliness of Romualdo Pacheco.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Slow Horses star Jack Lowden has described the speculation he could be the next James Bond as "flattering".

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The size of Cruise's star in the movie firmament makes the comparison even less flattering: "Digger" was never going to be in the same ballpark as the multi-billion dollar "Mission: Impossible" franchise.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

It was a flattering bow, courtly without being ridiculously formal, and safe for a public setting such as this.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss