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By the end of the season, he had little else to prove at the college level.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

"We don't know quite what's going to happen, but hopefully they'll survive and thrive and we'll have lots of little glow worms in the future."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

For example, if tax circumstances allow, they might sell some of the Eli Lilly position at little or no capital-gains tax, making that another potential funding source.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The drop is especially stark among families with little kids: The number of children under age 5 in big cities fell 15%, compared with a drop of 7% nationwide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“Look at you, little boy! You all kinds of grown now, huh?” she says.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The order actually does less than it appears to.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the S&P 500 gained less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Tottenham had three managers last season, with Thomas Frank managing less than eight months in charge before being sacked after a dismal start to the season.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

But the show stays fascinating less for the plot than for the performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

As flowers bloomed or vegetables ripened, talk was less of the bitter past, more of tomorrow’s weather.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

A wary Tinseltown reluctantly lined up behind Netflix as the lesser of two evils, only to watch Paramount keep raising its bid until the streamer walked away in February.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Then he has a fighting chance to work his way back. Trying to do everything — even at a lesser dosage — just wasn’t feasible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Laura Parker, a lawyer for the center, said it can be hard for people to understand why a tiny lizard, or rare mussel species, or the lesser prairie chicken are worth preserving.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

During a second pregnancy, this same network changed again, although to a lesser degree.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

But the Star gave the humans unnatural power, and so the lesser creatures fled, disappearing into the deep places to wait out the war.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

"You wouldn't think there were that many places to hide but when Ramona was littler, I think she'd been in every cupboard in one of those trailers," says Drew-Honey, now 28.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

No surprise there—as the term accelerates toward a contentious finale, the tensions roiling major cases are bound to spill over into littler ones.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024

Birch said he and his colleagues solved a "geometry problem" regarding how long it would take for the littler rivers to fill the deltas that the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers explored on Mars.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2023

Her accessories are larger for littler hands, and her hair is extra long for easier brushing.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

But these cows were lots littler than that other one.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

Both the U.S. benchmark and the global benchmark saw their largest one-day percentage declines in at least two months, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Still, the Dodgers could benefit from at least another third-string option at the physically and mentally demanding position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

Perhaps the question is no longer who is the better heavyweight but who has declined the least.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

"I can clearly say at least that we are in active communications with almost four of the top five," Kamel said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

There are photos of her everywhere, making this both my favorite and least favorite room in the house.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The scarcity of Apple’s littlest Mac comes at a time of high interest from AI power users and a potential product refresh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

"He always has time to chat with every little one and has the ability to charm even the littlest of children who may be a little shy of a big man in a red suit."

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024

They separate the haves from the have-nots with astonishing pay imbalances we wouldn’t permit even in the littlest leagues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024

Caiazzo was part of a research team that in 2021 reported on one with a petite diameter slightly larger than Earth's moon that boasted the greatest mass and littlest size of any known white dwarf.

From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023

The littlest of the kingdoms was a steaming volcanic island that smelled of sulfur and ash.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee