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You want somewhere that feels warm and personal but without spending a fortune changing a flat or house owned by someone else and making alterations that put a deposit at risk.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

In July, consumer spending rose a meager 0.2%, and it was flat after taking inflation into account.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

While the German plan fell flat, some countries, including France and Poland, already tax artificially-sweetened beverages.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Comparable sales—which account for store openings and closings—were flat across the company, reflecting a 4% increase at its namesake brand, offset by a 3% decline across its Hollister brand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Sam tried to tell Skipper's mom how to change a flat tire, but she didn't seem to want to listen.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Greedier batters, flatter surfaces and poorer performances will provide tougher days, but here Root brought a welcome calmness on his return as skipper.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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

Those built from the get-go with AI are operating much leaner and flatter than earlier startups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The comparisons and the praise flatter him, said Messi, who then used the same words to describe Yamal as the best.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

His coat had lost its lovely, glossy look; his round little stomach grew flatter every day.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater

Historically, Multan and Rawalpindi – the venue for the third Test – are the two flattest Test pitches in the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024

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

Ruby gave him the flattest look that had, perhaps, ever been given in all of time.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

“I was shocked, but not heartbroken. Heartbreak has already flatted my self-esteem that past year,” she writes.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022

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

One Kreinik resident said a camp of displaced persons had been flatted and thousands of people had sought refuge in government buildings.

From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2021

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

All the same, though, wherever I happen to be, I don’t think I’m the type that doesn’t even lift a finger to prevent a wedding from flatting.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger