tall
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But Schlittler was tall, standing a 6-foot-6, and he had other physical and mechanical characteristics that led the Yankees to believe he could throw harder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Stand tall on one leg and gently lean your upper body to one side while maintaining your balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
At almost 6ft tall, Hunt's major area for improvement remains her start.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The strength of the response was tied more closely to how sharp each wrinkle was than to how tall it was.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
I splashed through the slush, trying to keep up with the strides of her tall boots.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
By the end of 2022, the collaboration produced the 'Taiwan Giant Tree Map,' which documented 941 individual trees taller than 65 meters.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
When I entered through a small door at ground level he emerged from behind a low ceiling, and standing next to him I was no taller than his toes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
I saw talented teams like South Korea collapse under pressure and my beloved Mexico valiantly fall against an English squad that was taller, faster and just better — for now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Not only is the eyepatch-wearing young woman taller, stronger and more aggressive than the Asa he once knew, she grew up with their parents in the modern world.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
But rising to the occasion is not like growing taller or shaving, something that just arrives.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
A nine-year-old boy who had his foot amputated as a toddler hopes he has become the youngest amputee to complete the tallest peaks in Wales, Scotland and England in less than 24 hours.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead, the anniversary merely signaled an important milestone: the completion, in February, of the central Tower of Jesus Christ, which made the Sagrada Família the world’s tallest church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Our survey showed that the tallest stood 69.3 meters high and had a trunk nearly three meters wide.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
That means the Goldin Finance 117 may soon ditch its status as "tallest unoccupied building", as declared by Guinness World Records in 2015.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
It was near the zoo and his class had visited the zoo recently, walking in a single file led by Mrs. Oguike, and he had brought up the rear because he was the tallest.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
