flat
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The set includes maverick detective Carl Morck's New Town flat.
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
In nature, there are compounds that are able to hook up with flat proteins like RAS by first latching onto a “helper” protein inside of human cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The second time I was canoeing down a flat, winding river that cuts through the woods like a sluggish snake.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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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
Favorable base effects should flatter retail sales although the boost from the government’s consumer-goods trade-in program is fading, Goldman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
The pod-like leaf called a spathe is slightly rounder and paler than the darker, flatter blades of seagrass.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The river moved rapidly back into flatter country, swamps, lakes, and the first thing that happened was the bottom turned to mud.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
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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
Then again, skipper Stokes has proved to be a conjuror of 20 wickets on even the flattest pitches.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
“Sounds epic,” I said in my flattest monotone.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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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
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
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“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
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
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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
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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
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