lesser
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“If I’m here to merely protect a record,” she said later, “then I’ll pick a lesser opponent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Both have been shown unable to triumph over far lesser powers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Faded stars could scrape out a second act in B-movies and lesser studio offerings without losing the prestige of the silver screen.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Policy wonks are not typically famous: If they are, that fame is restricted to a league of Beltway professionals—famous in the way that really good brain surgeons are famous to other, presumably lesser brain surgeons.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Cicero teased a lesser orator called Curio for having so faulty a memory that “at times when he had announced three points he would add a fourth or miss the third.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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