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A highly anticipated sequel falls flat: Romantasy fans have been waiting for more than five years for the latest installment in Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses series.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

More than 40% of stock-picking funds were flat or negative this year through October, the Morgan Stanley note said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Ruth Crabb has lived in her flat in Havering since 1997.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

"I wouldn't buy my flat because I didn't want it to go out of circulation, as social housing is for those who come after me," she says.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

They stopped in the middle of the flat, empty land to chat.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

Seven did not flatter them in the slightest.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

He’s setting up a flatter leadership team with everyone reporting directly to him; no one is taking his place as COO and president, U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But Jack was pointing to the high declivities that led down from the mountain to the flatter part of the island.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

His front-knee brace is rock solid, allowing hip and side to propel his action to find the kick and bounce from the flattest pitches.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

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

No sign of Haven ahead neither but we’re at the flattest point of the valley and can’t see much past the twists in the road either before us or back.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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

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

Fly Away made a big move in her last start to take the lead but flatted out late to finish third.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2013

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

Volunteer smalltown choirs, unopposed by professionals, are still enthusiastically flatting their way through the complicated, sentimental standbys.

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