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Casting big names from TV and film in theatre shows is a growing trend, and one that sometimes provokes accusations of cashing in.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I feel like I bet on myself in a big way,” Urschel says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
If there is a proven reduction in pain, that’s a big deal for Americans dealing with back and knee pain.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Then he threw an out-and-up to Puka Nacua, absorbing a big hit as he released the ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Clavilefio came on the shoulders of four big, monstrous-looking men.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
"It's an unspoken rule that he will pick up the bigger bills."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
A company like Netflix might have a bigger moat due to proprietary content and high volumes of daily active users.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Carriers say they also face bigger bills for charging infrastructure and higher operating costs related to financing, insuring and running trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
As earnings skyrocket for chipmakers including Samsung, many workers are demanding a bigger cut of the profits.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
King Barf’s gold crown was bigger than his head, and he was dressed in even more gold than the first time I saw him.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
A Londonderry company has become one of the UK's biggest car park operators after buying NCP out of administration.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Doctors say older adults face the biggest musculoskeletal risks related to rapid weight loss, an important consideration given that GLP-1 medications for weight loss are now covered by Medicare.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
If sustained until close, this would be the stock’s biggest one-day percentage drop since December 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Before Marc Lamont Hill was helping elevate the conversation on one of the country’s biggest podcasts, I watched him school Bill O’Reilly as a Fox contributor and Temple University professor.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Your fault or not, she’s not exactly Gabe Meyer’s biggest fan.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
I've suddenly got the fear we've bigged this up too much.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
“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
Oh, Bessie Bell and Mary Grey, They were twa bonnie lasses; They bigged a bower on yon burn side, And theekt it over wi' rashes.
From The Trial by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The talk of their golden generation is about as misplaced as the chat about them bigging themselves up.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
That said, this England group is always bigging each other up so it is hard to know.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 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
"Hanged or drowned, here or awa, dead or alive, I mind the bigging o't."
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott
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