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Already established by the 1940s, Avery’s work grows simpler, more expansive, flatter and with larger color blocks, but his images remain tethered to the real world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

New ventures built with AI from the start offer a vision of how work might look elsewhere in the corporate world one day: a flatter structure with fewer co-workers where everyone is a player-coach.

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

"We know in the world of sports when you see good performances and good results everyone thinks of success and people try to flatter you but when you lose it is a catastrophe," he added.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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

"But to some extent that flatters England a bit because England hasn't necessarily made quite so much progress in reducing waiting times across the board."

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2024

Shortly after being banished, a disguised Kent flatters King Lear by telling him that he has that quality that leads other men to follow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

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

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

Jurors previously were told she knew Ward had been in films and on TV and felt flattered when he asked for her Snapchat handle.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Still, this was partly flattered by a front-loading of activity in March as businesses sought to get ahead of higher energy costs and supply-chain disruptions caused by conflict in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Kemi Badenoch has said she is flattered by rapper Nicki Minaj's comments comparing the Conservative leader to Margaret Thatcher.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

For this reason it flattered Mr. Kapasi that Mrs. Das was so intrigued by his job.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

On the strategy of effusively flattering Trump to keep the summit on track, Valasek said: “It’s a terrible system, of course, but better than any other alternative.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

He decided to give classic jerseys a whirl, transforming them into more flattering silhouettes that accentuate a curvy torso.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

It is probably the most personally flattering work of presidential art ever commissioned.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

Ashdown duly received the not entirely flattering nickname of "Viceroy of Bosnia".

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

And that’s simply because I’m honest and tell people right to their faces what I think, even when it’s not very flattering.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank