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Growing up she was skinny brow queen with big curly hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"And it's a big signal to schools to actually remember that that's a real problem, so that limit of branded items will make a difference," she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
One big name likely to stay far from the Venice limelight is Elon Musk, the central figure in a documentary from US filmmaker Alex Gibney.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
It soon carried him to the big leagues and even made him an All-Star last year, before his second-half slide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Come on. We can buy some cars like that when we get our first big record deal,” Dalton tells Awesiinh, and we continue walking.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"It's something we've put a bigger priority on it in terms of our work because we realise how important it is," Dawes said.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
But a much bigger number caught people’s attention in the last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Reed Krakoff’s bags, in fleece and denim, could help Gap seize a bigger piece of the roughly $15 billion accessories category.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
SpaceX had barely finished making the most exorbitant market claim in capitalist history before word leaked that Anthropic would make a bigger one.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Mama and Papa had bigger things on their minds.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Now, in early 1943, the 33-year-old Flynn — the country’s biggest movie star — was plotting his flight from the American justice system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
It's these products that are the biggest worry.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Leaders of two of America’s biggest banks, Goldman Sachs David Solomon and JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, took part in a roundtable discussion with finance ministers on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“The biggest reason is it wasn’t an option,” said Nic Adler, the concert producer with Goldenvoice behind this fall’s new Ocean Way Festival on the sand in Santa Monica.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“That,” Elliot said, “is the biggest understatement I’ve ever heard.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
"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
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 C. Vaughan
"Without bigging myself up, people have been knighted for less than that."
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Newey effectively worked only three days a week, Horner would say, bigging up the roles of Wache and the technical leadership team around him, especially head of aerodynamics Enrico Balbo.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
Ha! the young dreamer's bigging castles in the air.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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