flatten out
Example Sentences
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BOISE, Idaho—Each afternoon at around 4:30, the earth here shakes from a series of controlled explosions, as engineers blast through basalt bedrock to flatten out the ground underneath a gigantic new semiconductor factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
But their stocks are starting to flatten out or fall, a sign investors have begun to look elsewhere.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Marie was told to "flatten out" her Glaswegian accent, and keep her fiery temperament hidden.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
He complained of swelling and stiffness from sleeping scrunched up in his car, unable to flatten out — the same problem David Mays described.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
From there, he sighted the advantage he needed: midway down from the mill walls, where the field began to flatten out, a purple granite slab shouldered out of the ground.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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