dwarf
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Each white dwarf orbits alongside a red dwarf star.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The wobble suggested that each red dwarf had a hidden companion.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Every system lies within 65 light-years of Earth, and one contains the ninth closest known white dwarf to the Sun.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Astronomers have described their discovery of four new hidden white dwarf stars "local" to Earth as a "surprise".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
He pantomimed a dwarf melting in terror, which for some reason the Italian didn’t seem to understand.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Astronomers have spent decades carefully cataloging stars near the Sun, yet white dwarfs in systems like these remain difficult to detect.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
“SpaceX dwarfs these numbers,” Chanos wrote on X.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Despite the loss, Musk remains the world's richest person, and his wealth still dwarfs that of his nearest rivals.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
His $167 million pay package in 2025 not only dwarfs that of his CFO peers but also outpaces the compensation of many CEOs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Thus it was that the dwarfs had the mead of wisdom and poetry, and any person who wished to taste it needed to beg it from the dwarfs.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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
In his estimation, it may be enough that it exists to contradict future generations' misguided aggressors from claiming his heroes – elves, dwarves and men led by Aragorn, son of Arathorn, represented them.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023
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
Its £169,950 asking price dwarves the £200 her parents paid for it.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023
It was driven by outlandish folk, singing strange songs: dwarves with long beards and deep hoods.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Returns for investors in U.S. stocks have dwarfed those for equities trading in the rest of the world over the past 15 years.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
They underperformed in 2022, when losses dwarfed higher yields, but they are worth a look today.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Militarily, the U.A.E. is dwarfed by the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Over the course of my adulthood, I’d had spectacular authority problems that dwarfed Jesse’s.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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
Declines, however, left both funds with sky-high yields of 11% and 13%, dwarfing the Schwab U.S.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
In contrast, the current crisis affects 20% of the world's supplies, "dwarfing the 1970s shock", she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
And seven thousand feet higher still, dwarfing Ama Dablam, was the icy thrust of Everest itself, all but hidden behind Nuptse.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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