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The trading week is pointing to a positive start as tensions appear to be cooling a bit between the U.S. and Iran.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

"A little bit sore and a little bit stiff but that is to be expected," he said of his condition.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“Unfortunately, this type of thing happens a little bit more frequently than I think people would like to admit,” said Sam Moynihan, director of agronomy at the Detroit club.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

President Reagan, saying he is “a bit wiser” after two failed attempts to put a hard-line conservative on the Supreme Court, today picked federal appeals Judge Anthony M.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Upon seeing Clare’s unguarded sadness, a bit of the tortoise’s hard exterior cracked.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The Nestor spoke—the colt submitted— And, like his ancestry, was bitted.

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John

Ah, a tender mouth was bitted and bridled at last! the reins were in the hands of the public, and it would drive me—where?

From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara

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

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

Lord Howard's horse was worse bitted than those of the two former noblemen, but not so much so as to derange the ceremony of retiring back out of the Hall.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

The old man was pale and silent, and Ben Butler felt the lines telegraphing nervous messages to his bitted mouth; but all he heard was: “Shiloh—Cap'n Tom—Steady, old hoss!”

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood

Well what makes you so sure about it sneered the other bitting his lip so savageley that the blood ran.

From Penrod by Tarkington, Booth

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)

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

Hard-mouthed horses, when accompanied with great spirit, are objectionable, as they require peculiar bitting and the utmost vigilance.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.

The bit of life that is I, in so far as it succeeds in baffling them or in bitting them to its service, will imagine that it is godlike.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack