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Back in her little Beijing flat, Yang is feeling more comfortable now that Yingwei has sorted out her problem of making the air conditioner work properly.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Elsewhere, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 0.7% on lower oil prices, while futures for the S&P 500 were flat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

At Match, increased revenue from the dating app Hinge partly offset roughly flat revenue from Tinder, its largest app, in the second quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Shares of the fund closed flat on Monday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

They filed out of the house and into the great flat lawn covered in tiny white flowers and a couple of rocks.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Among the newly popular offerings: a slouchier, lower-rise version of its flagship jean sold as 501 ’90s, and its wedgie bootcut fit, which was designed to flatter the backside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Yet even moving to a flatter yield-curve environment can have negative consequences.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Whatever the assignment was supposed to accomplish, it did not appease the man it was designed to flatter.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

A flatter and stronger jet stream, with speeds of more than 170mph, will bring deeper areas of low pressure to the UK later in the week.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The elf obediently took the boxed cup, and Hepzibah turned her attention to the much flatter box in her lap.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

There was the chase of 378 against India, and the win on the flattest pitch Rawalpindi had ever seen.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

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

Reaching from the cliff face to the far horizon is the bluest, flattest, sweetest sight I’ve ever seen.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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

“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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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