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dwarf

[dwawrf] / dwɔrf /






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Twenty years on, the big six are signing deals which dwarf that.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Even a few flowery sentences in “Kitchen Confidential” about lessons learned working at The Dreadnaught dwarf “Tony” in comparison.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

The MAS uses the exchange rate rather than interest rates as its main policy tool because Singapore’s trade flows dwarf its domestic economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Those measurements helped rule out other possibilities, such as a distant background star or a brown dwarf whose atmosphere also contained carbon monoxide.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

The furious dwarf thrust the cage under Taran’s nose.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Similar effects already help stabilize dense objects such as white dwarfs and neutron stars and can reproduce the inflationary expansion phase.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

It is a body of work that dwarfs anything put together by his rivals.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Most nearby red dwarfs have not yet been systematically examined for concealed white dwarf companions.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Near the heart of downtown lies the church’s spiritual headquarters, the 377,000-square-foot cathedral-like Flag Building, which dwarfs surrounding properties and draws Scientologists from around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

And some of the stars don’t even exist anymore because their light has taken so long to get to us that they are already dead, or they have exploded and collapsed into red dwarfs.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

Her follower count dwarves DfE's 85,000 followers and Bridget Phillipson's 19,000 followers.

From BBC May 20, 2026

Named Erebor, after the mountain where the dwarves stored their treasure and which the dragon took over in J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” that new bank won a preliminary regulatory approval Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

Here, it was pure joy to watch HORA’s actors embrace their inner hobbits, dwarves, wizards, orcs and elves — including one that yodels!

From New York Times May 10, 2024

There's also a debate over the fate of the seven dwarves, after unofficial images emerged of what have now been billed as seven "magical creatures".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2023

‘Then what do the dwarves want to come back for?’ asked Sam.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The outbreak in Michigan this year has dwarfed previous outbreaks of the illness in the state, which recorded only about 50 cases of cyclosporiasis in 2025.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

At roughly $250 billion, AstraZeneca’s market capitalization is still dwarfed by such rivals as Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson, sitting around $1 trillion and $600 billion, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

While Irish farmers did export some food to Britain, "it was dwarfed by the amount being brought in for distribution by the UK government", he added.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Those games were dwarfed by football’s biggest night.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

In a comer an old man was boiling hot dogs in a large institutional pot whose size dwarfed the gas range upon which it rested.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The old computer-software index showed prices rising at a record 17% yearly pace, dwarfing any prior increase.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

There were more than 323 million visits to America’s national parks in 2025, dwarfing attendance — 135 million — at professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey games combined.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

Middleton has spent more than $16 million of his own money on the race so far, dwarfing any of his previous political spending many times over.

From Salon May 23, 2026

His total assets are valued at between $131 million and $209 million, a fortune dwarfing that of any previous Fed chair.

From Barron's Apr. 14, 2026

He reached the foot of the stairs and stood there winking, his bulk dwarfing the boy, who was thin as a reed.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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