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The fire broke out in a fourth floor flat at about 16:50 on Sunday.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

There have been many prominent attempts over the years to solve the problem of accurately representing the surface of a sphere on a flat rectangle, each with its own benefits and drawbacks.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Pending home sales were essentially flat from a week earlier, dipping to their lowest level since February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Tesla shares are trading lower on Friday, as a much-hyped robotaxi event appears to have fallen flat.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

And then we were in the country, the flat Dutch farmland stretching to the horizon, ruler-straight canals sweeping past the window.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

As AI agents take on more tasks, the argument goes, teams need less middle-layer oversight to stay aligned, leading to flatter organizations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Companies across the corporate spectrum are dispensing with managers who oversee just a few employees in favor of larger teams with flatter management structures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Munich's Allianz Arena is sculpted by thousands of diamond-shaped inflatable cushions, while Sydney's similarly-named Allianz Stadium has a flatter façade smoothed with long bronze fins.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Leavitt, by never failing to placate, flatter and worship her boss, has displayed a singular and decisive pathway, although not a very original one, to political success.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

I don’t flatter myself that my acting convinced him; he was convinced because I’m human and he expects humans to be servants.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

On his return to leading England, captain Ben Stokes lost a vital toss in the extreme heat of Trent Bridge, and the Black Caps cashed in on the flattest of flat pitches.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

So instead, I've just defaulted to the flattest toppings vehicle I know — the tortilla.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2023

With the help of his wife, he printed the fish from a bottom-angled perspective to highlight the cut belly, which is more complex than the traditional technique of printing the flattest side of the fish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

“My first thought was to get some good hiking shoes, I guess because I thought I was going to Switzerland. And then I showed up in literally the flattest place I ever lived.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

Reaching from the cliff face to the far horizon is the bluest, flattest, sweetest sight I’ve ever seen.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Caltrans officials are recommending that this section of roadway be flatted out to some extent, Mihranian said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

A sign outside a Methodist Church near Mayfield captured the powerlessness many here felt in surveying what just a few days ago were busy towns, now flatted and twisted beyond easy identification.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2021

Halsey’s fourth album, “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power,” announces its character from its first sounds: slowly tolling piano arpeggios with a few notes flatted into dissonance.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2021

Over the past fortnight, anyone brave enough to stand in Raonic's firing line has been flatted by a series of 140 mph missiles.

From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2016

So any scale with a flatted third and seventh can be called a Dorian scale.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

“We’re talking today about flatting the curve,” Monaco said.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020

Uneven spray patterns give you an uneven distribution of the flatting agent, which shows up as a very subtle variation in the sheen and doesn’t look good on a large table.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2012

Outwardly innocent, Santana's instrumental solos are long-lined and full of musical guile, bending, flatting and sharping with something of the intricacy of Oriental music.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, his 358th week in the presidency, he ran through the part of just plain Harry without missing a cue or flatting a tone.

From Time Magazine Archive

She turned her back I went around in front of her the rain creeping into the mud flatting her bodice through her dress it smelled horrible.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner