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Lilliputian

[lil-i-pyoo-shuhn] / ˌlɪl ɪˈpyu ʃən /


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Nearby are additional puzzling landscapes in which other Lilliputian figures, at times the scale of insects, feel overwhelmed by outsize vegetation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The visual goal, she reminded us: “It’s about being in Lilliputian land — about making your trough believable, a miniature landscape.”

From Seattle Times

Rather, he will go down in history as the leader who broke his country: Vladimir the Lilliputian.

From Seattle Times

Any defenses we’ve built in will be undone, like Gulliver throwing off the tiny strands the Lilliputians used to try and restrain him.

From Scientific American

Purdue, like Virginia, saw its plan and offense undergo a gathering disintegration as the Lilliputian opponent kept gathering mustard.

From Washington Post