runt
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Beguiled by photos of teensy piglets, she chose the runt of the litter—a tiny, shivering nugget for $350.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
"I'd stay up with her too, making sure all was okay. And it was, with even the runt of the litter thriving."
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
“Although I would not necessarily say I was the runt of the litter, I would say that I did at times feel out of place growing up,” Connor says.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024
During regeneration, both the acoel's regrowth and the algal photosynthesis appeared to be controlled by a common transcription factor in acoels called runt.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
Perhaps it was because she was stunted in growth, or maybe because she was the runt in a large litter.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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