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Its rounded shape is an important clue because weapons tipped with flint or stone generally produce openings with flatter or more angular edges.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

In response to complaints of speeding, he said, Raman’s office helped get four speed tables — a flatter, wider version of speed bumps — installed in the intersection near his business last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Yet even moving to a flatter yield-curve environment can have negative consequences.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Lamanna says he now runs a flatter organization with an emphasis on player-coaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

I press myself flatter against the wall, trying to disappear.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

But strip out the popular Mini Kelly handbag, which flatters the average premium, and larger versions of the Kelly and Birkin sell at par to retail prices once the auctioneers’ commission is factored in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

Crypto markets have billions in wash trading — fake volume that flatters momentum and dupes newcomers.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

"Maybe 3-1 flatters us, but we did enough to win the game. Results are the only thing that qualify you for a major tournament."

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

But it also flatters the ego of the raw milk enthusiast, who is convinced he's part of an elite group with special access to knowledge that ordinary people can't or won't access.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2024

“But I already have a much better image. The color flatters me, don’t you think?”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

The reinsurer’s third-quarter net profit was less than that of the same period a year before, when its results were flattered by exceptionally low major-loss expenditures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Ahmed bowled better than figures of 1-46 suggested in the first ODI, but was flattered by a return of 2-48 from eight overs in the second.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Again, I was surprised — and flattered — to find myself on the guest list, and naturally I wanted to know what the occasion was.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

In 2019 he told the Daily Mail that he was flattered by the attention but didn’t consider himself to be male-model material.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“I am none of those,” said Taran, feeling quite flattered that Eilonwy should have taken him for any one of them.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

WSJ | Buy Side: Upgrade your athleisure wardrobe with these comfy, flattering men’s joggers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The size of Cruise's star in the movie firmament makes the comparison even less flattering: "Digger" was never going to be in the same ballpark as the multi-billion dollar "Mission: Impossible" franchise.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

This is why the sight of empty seats in high school gymnasiums and muted cable coverage that tell a less flattering story cuts so deeply.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

Elsewhere, Everton's tale of the tape is not so flattering.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

He simply did not want contact from anyone he didn’t know, and he made it quite clear, peremptorily, to Jack Collins that no mail—even important, flattering, or personal messages—should be forwarded to him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady