tad
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I enjoy a good coaster, but I’m a tad squeamish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Is Kimi Antonelli being overhyped due to results that largely he's been a tad fortunate with?
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
While for AST SpaceMobile, Sunday’s launch was a failure, for the Bezos-owned Blue Origin, things look a tad brighter.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
Its target rises a tad to A$13.55 from A$13.50.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
He was a tad, distinguished-looking person dressed in green, and he carried a seven-foot bow.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
That clocking would have rated Weissmuller nothing but a spectator's seat at last week's National A.A.U. championships in Lincoln, Neb., where tads the size of his beloved Cheetah smashed five world and eleven meet records.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day Estes, Robert and some other tads were swimming in the nearby Tellico River.
From Time Magazine Archive
For my tads, the educational materials include a 2-ft. sign joyously inscribed MOMMY.
From Time Magazine Archive
My brother the sailor was a pet of mine when we were little tads and he'd sent Ginger to me when he was dying.
From Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
While they are still tiny tads, the boys of St. John's and the outposts practise leaping across rain-barrels and mud-puddles.
From Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North by Fullerton Waldo
