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dwarf

[dwawrf] / dwɔrf /






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The story is told by an albino dwarf.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Twenty years on, the big six are signing deals which dwarf that.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Even a few flowery sentences in “Kitchen Confidential” about lessons learned working at The Dreadnaught dwarf “Tony” in comparison.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

The MAS uses the exchange rate rather than interest rates as its main policy tool because Singapore’s trade flows dwarf its domestic economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

And high above them all, looking down, is the red dwarf, just like Dad said.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

A production forecast at Cannington of 290,000 tons dwarfs Jefferies’ 206,000-ton estimate, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

“The issue with the U.S. is that the size of the Treasury market dwarfs the combined size of the Japanese, U.K., E.U. and other countries in Asia.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

During this phase, their outer layers churn and gradually drift into space, while the dense cores left behind shrink into white dwarfs.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

White dwarfs are generally much easier to recognize in ultraviolet light.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Suttung took the mead the dwarfs had made from Kvasir’s blood.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Her follower count dwarves DfE's 85,000 followers and Bridget Phillipson's 19,000 followers.

From BBC May 20, 2026

Named Erebor, after the mountain where the dwarves stored their treasure and which the dragon took over in J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” that new bank won a preliminary regulatory approval Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

There's also a debate over the fate of the seven dwarves, after unofficial images emerged of what have now been billed as seven "magical creatures".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2023

Mining doesn't sound especially environmentally conscious, but the dwarves are just as attuned to the underground as elves and Harfoots are to above.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2022

‘I do not doubt it,' said Legolas. ‘But you are a dwarf, and dwarves are strange folk.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Last summer their gross transfer spend was £71m which was dwarfed by Manchester, City, Chelsea and Arsenal who were all over £200m while Wolves, who finished bottom last season, were £109m.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The outbreak in Michigan this year has dwarfed previous outbreaks of the illness in the state, which recorded only about 50 cases of cyclosporiasis in 2025.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

While Irish farmers did export some food to Britain, "it was dwarfed by the amount being brought in for distribution by the UK government", he added.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

But the new supply is still dwarfed by a 400,000-unit deficit of homes in the metropolitan area, according to Zillow.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

We lie silently under outer space, taking in all those pinpricks of light, and I too feel dwarfed by the massive universe.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

The old computer-software index showed prices rising at a record 17% yearly pace, dwarfing any prior increase.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

There were more than 323 million visits to America’s national parks in 2025, dwarfing attendance — 135 million — at professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey games combined.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

Middleton has spent more than $16 million of his own money on the race so far, dwarfing any of his previous political spending many times over.

From Salon May 23, 2026

Unitree said it shipped more than 5,500 humanoids in 2025, for uses including research, education and public performances, dwarfing U.S. competitors.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

On another Indonesian island—the small island of Flores—archaic humans underwent a process of dwarfing.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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