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In the tall, slight and blonde athlete, they had found a noble hero to fight against the tides of modernity in service of some older ideal.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

For fiscal 2027, the company expects revenue to decline at a mid-single-digit percentage rate compared with the prior outlook of a slight decline, blaming softer demand in North America and Asia-Pacific.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

I think my guess is that Jane has a slight advantage,” Skelton said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Thursday's figures, external suggested an overall attendance rate of 93% for 2025/26, a slight decrease on the previous year.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The slight was too familiar, but it was also why I needed the job.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

This helps explain why he can’t disregard her criticism the way any normal person might shrug off slights from someone they don’t respect.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

"An overwhelming picture has emerged of your rage, anger, and volatility", said the judge, adding that George had a "pronounced temper" which could be sparked by trivial matters and "perceived slights".

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

Drake turns the frigid, isolated mansion rap that’s become his trademark toward relitigating the last half-decade of petty squabbles and minor slights.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

U.S. diplomats have also fired back over perceived slights to Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

“Not especially. I feel that there are so many opportunities for slights — perceived or real — when we do not know who we are with.”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson was cooler on the film, commenting A Real Pain "is slighter than expected and is thus easily overwhelmed by Culkin’s high shtick".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024

As the storylines have become more current, they have, perhaps inevitably, become both slighter and messier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

Wu showcases a knack for mining meaning out of the slighter essays, about her teenage job at a quaint bakery, for example, or her idiosyncratic affection for bunnies.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022

Larger people burn more baseline calories than people who are slighter.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021

Whoever this was, he was slighter than Eril-Fane, and sank less deeply into the down.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

As a result, fallow fields are in a "deplorable state, and at the slightest spark, the blaze spreads like wildfire" due to vegetation dried out by the heat.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

"I didn't feel myself at all, I didn't look myself in the slightest, I didn't want to go out," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Traditional Kung Pao chicken calls for stir-fried chicken, so no, this recipe isn’t authentic in the slightest.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

The same goes for securities brokers — “The slightest doubt as to the trustworthiness of a broker’s word or commitment would put him out of business overnight.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

His fingers sped by in a blur, and his face showed the slightest of smiles, as if in a reverie.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

He also shared times that fun moments have gone sour, such as feeling slighted by a friend who profited from selling him a boat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Leaving a group trip where someone feels financially slighted can lead to conflict when you get back home.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

But throughout he repeatedly returned to the justices in ways that made clear he felt personally slighted by the decision.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

“That was a father. I can’t sit here and be angry or feel slighted by LeBron James in any way in that regard.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025

Ged's pride would not be slighted or condescended to.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Keller and Knight were rewarded with proximity to Storrie and the best punchlines, but neither Quinn nor Jack Hughes had to indicate in any way that they had joined America’s president in slighting them.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

Having just recently arrived in town from Tulane University, newcomer Dannen may not have known he was slighting a cherished, 123-year-old regional sports tradition, but UW President Ana Mari Cauce understood.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

Santee Cooper apologized in company statements, saying slighting lawmakers wasn’t their intention.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020

Biden appeared to carefully consider his words to avoid inflaming concerns that he was slighting Reade.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2020

I’d thought I was getting back at her for slighting me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu