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dwarf

[dwawrf] / dwɔrf /






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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

Those measurements helped rule out other possibilities, such as a distant background star or a brown dwarf whose atmosphere also contained carbon monoxide.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

I settled into his pillow, my head next to his, and we watched his African dwarf frog swim back and forth from the bottom to the top of the tank.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Similar effects already help stabilize dense objects such as white dwarfs and neutron stars and can reproduce the inflationary expansion phase.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

The new observations revealed that all four nearby red dwarfs were concealing white dwarf companions.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

"If we put more targeted effort into observing red dwarfs, perhaps we will find more surprises like this," he said.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Near the heart of downtown lies the church’s spiritual headquarters, the 377,000-square-foot cathedral-like Flag Building, which dwarfs surrounding properties and draws Scientologists from around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

He remembered the old bronze astrolabe he’d picked up in Bologna—the one the dwarfs told him Odysseus had made.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The Trump administration has greenlighted its first new bank, and it is a startup that takes its name from a mountain where dwarves stored their treasure in J.R.R.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

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

Its £169,950 asking price dwarves the £200 her parents paid for it.

From BBC Mar. 21, 2023

It's not only that "The Rings of Power" is set in a high fantasy world of knights, sea worms and singing dwarves, it's that the prequel consistently highlights the achievement and strength of women.

From Salon Oct. 22, 2022

Barliman Butterbur was standing near the fire, talking to a couple of dwarves and one or two strange-looking men.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

Still, all of these sums are dwarfed by the money driving growth at the U.S. leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Those games were dwarfed by football’s biggest night.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

The large blue life vest dwarfed his body and hung down to his knees.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

The Saudis spend some $80 billion a year on defense—far more than the Israelis and dwarfing the Iranians—but imported hardware is no substitute for combat experience and the will to fight.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

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

Looking ahead one sees it broaden, rising and curving slowly, dwarfing the dark ridges of earth, meeting the ice-wall far above under veils of cloud and smoke and snow.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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