dwarf
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Earlier research suggested that if one passed through a white dwarf, its gravity could create powerful tidal forces inside the star.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 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
He found that widely separated pairs of stars, known as binaries, are less common after one member of the pair becomes a white dwarf.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The proposed sum is staggering to people familiar with the State Department’s allocation practices and would dwarf the organization’s budget.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
“A Fflam never gives up, and I don’t see why a dwarf should.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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It is a body of work that dwarfs anything put together by his rivals.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"If we put more targeted effort into observing red dwarfs, perhaps we will find more surprises like this," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
“SpaceX dwarfs these numbers,” Chanos wrote on X.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
It had been made for Thor by the dwarfs Brokk and Eitri.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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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
With nearly 1,500 shows on offer in small and big venues all around the city, it dwarves the official lineup, but very few productions offer English versions or surtitles.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Its £169,950 asking price dwarves the £200 her parents paid for it.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023
Three dwarves came out of different rooms where they had been busy.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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But what they found during their searches in 2025 dwarfed their earlier discoveries.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
As large swings in individual stocks have recently dwarfed moves for the S&P 500 as a whole, the spread between two important gauges of implied volatility has expanded to its widest level on record.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Issuance in the first half of the year dwarfed the $421 billion raised in the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The relief that came with the decision to finally let go was completely dwarfed by the immense pain of severing a family in two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
An elderly Chinese woman, dwarfed by the floral armchair she sat in, was fixated on the screen.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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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
Last year, the port handled the equivalent of 8.9 million shipping containers, dwarfing the next biggest East Coast port at Savannah, Ga., which handled 5.7 million boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
China has an abundance of them, dwarfing U.S. production rates.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
And then, as it bubbled through the nib, it came a little thick, so that the name Rebecca stood out black and strong, the tall and sloping R dwarfing the other letters.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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