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For women displaying their arms, biceps can be a big conversation-starter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A great prank, however, requires a big reveal.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Paramount was able to get its new big debt deal against a tough backdrop of rising Treasury yields and wider spreads on high-yield corporate debt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The $1,000 in free money is a big lure for families of newborns.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Then she’s off, and I’m suddenly cold in my tank top, in the shade of one of the big spruce trees.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The period coincided with major advances in AI, particularly future Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton's work showing that bigger models perform better.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The rows circulating around Manchester City are huge, and they are only going to get bigger.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
But in the seven months since the US-Israel conflict with Iran erupted, the jump is even bigger - a nearly 34% increase for petrol and more than 40% for diesel.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The only month that has seen a bigger average decline has been October.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Now my nose was bigger than my face.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
“The biggest competitive advantage, from where we stand now, is strong retail liquidity,” Oh said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Last month, Nike was ejected from the S&P 100 stock market index of the biggest blue-chip firms in the US.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“It takes a superhuman to be held to the standard he was being held to, in the biggest of moments,” Skubal said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
This underscores what has now become the biggest investment risk for Apple shareholders, in Martin’s view.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
I notice one in particular, probably because it’s the biggest.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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
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From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
The coach of Ireland bigging up an Ireland wing?
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
"Eddie's been bigging me up, so I had to show what I'm about," said Bristol's Ayton, a flawless 21-0 as an amateur.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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
The long words are delivered without the slightest bungling; and "bigging" finished to its last g.
From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
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