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Overall, North America came in slightly ahead, while other regions were a bit weaker, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

But even when Kiki botches a delivery by dropping a toy mid-air, sending it tumbling into a nearby forest, a bit of reciprocal effort solves the problem.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

He's a little bit older, a little bit wiser.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Many analysts predict growth will slow a bit in the third quarter as the effects of large tax refunds fade.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

All day I kept my eyes fixed on that bit of heaven.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Before the king was led his beautiful Cyprian steed, Favelle, gorgeously caparisoned, and bitted with gold, the saddle adorned with two little golden lions.

From With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds by Greene, Frances Nimmo

Always he had seemed to be aware, in her, of hidden forces—of something fresh and charmingly impetuous held in leash—of controlled impulses, restless, uneasy, bitted, curbed, and reined in.

From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

He scampers about in this way for about a year: then he is 'taken up;' that is, bitted, and backed by a 'dumb-jockey'—a cross of wood made for the purpose.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

And for Hrothgar straightway then was bitted a horse, 1400 A wave-maned steed: and the wise of the princes Went stately his ways; and stepp'd out the man-troop, 82 The linden-board bearers.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

His reckless impulses and desires were bitted and diverted into accomplishment.

From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry

Still no suspicion of the truth reached me that since I came to live with him my uncle had been bitting and breaking his tongue.

From The Light in the Clearing by Bacheller, Irving

Tishy was bitting off a loose end of thread, which gave her a determined and ferocious expression, but whether she could have seen anything or not the widow felt uncertain.

From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane

I have not seen a dozen coachmen, private or public, to whom my youngest child could not have given invaluable suggestions as to the bitting, harnessing, and handling of his cattle.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price

So the Pyrenees, with her cargo of fire, was hove to, bitting the teeth of the gale and fighting and smashing the pounding seas.

From South Sea Tales by London, Jack

He had thought and read to some purpose, for he ruled the lay brothers with diligence, and instructed the monks with great care, stirring up the sluggish and bitting the heady into restfulness.

From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)