dwarf
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The newly identified object orbits this brown dwarf, creating a remarkable arrangement in which a massive satellite circles an object that itself revolves around a star.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
It has at least as much mass as Jupiter, while the brown dwarf it orbits is more than 30 times as massive as Jupiter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Although dwarf reedsnakes lack anything resembling a wheel's axle, they effectively divide their bodies into regions with different functions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The summer transfer window was further evidence of Europe's struggles against the Premier League, with the latter again setting a new transfer spend record of £3.49bn to dwarf their rival leagues.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
He trimmed them expertly with his knife, lashed them with braided vines, and in no time at all the dwarf held up a serviceable cage.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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Based on these results, the researchers estimate that approximately one in every 30 white dwarfs throughout the Universe could display an unexpected color.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Hotter, bluer white dwarfs produce more light and remain visible across greater distances, making them disproportionately common in astronomical surveys that select stars based on brightness.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
White dwarfs containing large amounts of carbon often appear pink or purple.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The newest, a wall-sized 2026 painting in ink on paper, “Ancient Cypress on the Cliff,” by Wang Mansheng, dwarfs a neighboring Southern Song dynasty fan painting depicting a wintry forest in ink on silk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
A pair of damp dwarfs, numb with fear, waiting for the world to end.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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The Trump administration has greenlighted its first new bank, and it is a startup that takes its name from a mountain where dwarves stored their treasure in J.R.R.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
There's also a debate over the fate of the seven dwarves, after unofficial images emerged of what have now been billed as seven "magical creatures".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2023
Its £169,950 asking price dwarves the £200 her parents paid for it.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023
It's not only that "The Rings of Power" is set in a high fantasy world of knights, sea worms and singing dwarves, it's that the prequel consistently highlights the achievement and strength of women.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
‘There were no dwarves nor children,’ said Éomer.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Manchester City, once seen as the noisy neighbor dwarfed by Manchester United, had combined financial might with tactical brilliance to turn the established order on its head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Lutnick’s filing is dwarfed by that of Trump, whose last annual ethics filing this summer disclosed more than $2 billion of income, largely from crypto and real-estate companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Last summer their gross transfer spend was £71m which was dwarfed by Manchester, City, Chelsea and Arsenal who were all over £200m while Wolves, who finished bottom last season, were £109m.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But what they found during their searches in 2025 dwarfed their earlier discoveries.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Long and leanly muscular, he dwarfed the molded plastic elementary school chair he was sitting in.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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Tall, gaunt and calculating, Wagoner’s angles had angles, but somehow standing next to her, his pompadour dwarfing her considerable bouffant, it worked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The old computer-software index showed prices rising at a record 17% yearly pace, dwarfing any prior increase.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Middleton has spent more than $16 million of his own money on the race so far, dwarfing any of his previous political spending many times over.
From Salon ● May 23, 2026
But the drawings appear strange, with the new edifice dwarfing all around it in a way that is disharmonious, dominating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, dwarfing the rates of nearly every developed country, even surpassing those in highly repressive regimes like Russia, China, and Iran.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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