modest
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Hoan worked from the same slab of concrete for a decade, eking out a modest living hawking colourful bouquets.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
“Another quiet British pleasure has slipped away; another modest national treasure, taken for granted, undervalued and now lost,” Sandy Rich, founder of Tregeagle Fine Art, wrote in a post on Instagram.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
While she might simply have been modest, she has another opportunity to test her credentials against seventh seed Elina Svitolina in an all-Ukrainian quarter-final.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
The Welkers first arrived in Montana over a century ago, homesteading a modest patch of grassland.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
It was a modest thing, lent to her by the yumboes, but certainly more comfortable than anything she’d ever slept on before.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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