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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

But Penelope took her promises seriously, even when they doomed her to a head of dark, drab locks that did nothing to flatter her complexion.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The bubble story survives because it flatters people who can’t beat the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Except for Iran, of course, which he alternately bombs, demonizes and flatters.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

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

Tiny flatters Gary some more and then he agrees to play the part of me, and honestly, I'll take it.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

This compared with a profit of 2 billion euros Munich Re made a year before, when its results were flattered by exceptionally low major-loss expenditures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I was surprised — and flattered — to find myself on the guest list.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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

By signing Garnacho on loan they do not have a longer-term commitment to a winger who has flattered to deceive at Stamford Bridge and has not enhanced his reputation.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The Times’ obituary was as flattering as most: “We have public men who might well copy in some measure the pose of mind, the calm dignity, the graceful honesty and gentle manliness of Romualdo Pacheco.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

"On this… it's all very flattering," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

“I do like SI, because ‘artificial’ is not a very flattering thing.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

He was only flattering me, though, because right away he said, "Listen. Are ya gonna write that composition for me? I have to know."

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger