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Many have also missed out on the big gains in housing values and stock-market portfolios enjoyed by wealthier households.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
It was his third big policy announcement in three days, and as industry body UK Hospitality put it, it showed his enthusiasm for the sector "survived his trip down the M1".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Alphabet and Tesla kicked off big tech earnings to a weak reception as both boosted artificial-intelligence spending plans, amid continued investor fretting over that potential payout.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Nino is rooted to this place, he is creative, he is social and he has big plans for the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Your dad tells me your birthdays are tomorrow. You two are turning fifteen! That’s exciting. Any big plans?” she asks.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
This might cause brief confusion for businesses shipping goods during the window, but the bigger picture is unchanged.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Markets fretted Wednesday after Alphabet raised guidance for capital spending this year by $15 billion to around $200 billion and suggested a bigger amount was on tap for next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
‘The opportunity for small cap, in active management, has never been bigger.’
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
But, he adds: "That problem only gets bigger if you leave it."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The bull looked bigger than all of them put together.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The biggest hurdles to all eligible families receiving the free $1,000 may be either a lack of public awareness or bureaucratic hurdles, some researchers have said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The port, along with the adjacent Port of Los Angeles, is the biggest U.S. import hub for products from Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
St Lucia's 100m Olympic champion Julien Alfred has also pulled out of the Glasgow Games, while Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh, one of the sport's biggest stars, is favouring the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
He said the biggest help the government could offer would be to reform business rates entirely and ensure people had more "money in their pockets" for discretionary spends.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Before he could panic, he picked the biggest one, closest to the moon.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
I've bigged myself up about doing an Ironman, but now I'm starting to regret that!
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
"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
Across the world in Los Angeles, the Compton Cricket Club is bigged in by Cloth's Bullets – a song, like the CCC itself, dedicated to fighting homelessness and gang culture with civility and dignity.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2013
I've allus taen care that t' moors hae bin cropped fair; thou reckons thou'll feed mair yowes an' lambs on t' moors when thou's bigged thy walls; but thou weant, thou'll feed less.
From Tales of the Ridings by Vaughan, C.
"Without bigging myself up, people have been knighted for less than that."
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Another massive performance and others aside from Sinfield might be bigging him up.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
GP I really don’t want it to sound like I’m bigging myself up.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
"Let me just clear that up because obviously Leicester fans know how much respect I've got for them, their owners and constantly bigging up Leicester and what they do," Wright said on Twitter external-link.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2021
So some one must be bigging it, or folks would all sing very small.
From Master Skylark by Bennett, John
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