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Its rounded shape is an important clue because weapons tipped with flint or stone generally produce openings with flatter or more angular edges.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

In response to complaints of speeding, he said, Raman’s office helped get four speed tables — a flatter, wider version of speed bumps — installed in the intersection near his business last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Yet even moving to a flatter yield-curve environment can have negative consequences.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Companies across the corporate spectrum are dispensing with managers who oversee just a few employees in favor of larger teams with flatter management structures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“If that free takes a notion to fall, it’ll mash you flatter than a tadpole’s tail.” look on his friendly face, he gave me a hurry- up signal with a wag of his tail.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

The bubble story survives because it flatters people who can’t beat the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Crypto markets have billions in wash trading — fake volume that flatters momentum and dupes newcomers.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

Liverpool's 2-0 win, not a scoreline that flatters them, made it five wins from five in the Champions League to put them top of the new format’s table.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

Shortly after being banished, a disguised Kent flatters King Lear by telling him that he has that quality that leads other men to follow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

So Trout keeps body and soul together as a circulation man for the Ilium Gazette, manages newspaper delivery boys, bullies and flatters and cheats little kids.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

The reinsurer’s third-quarter net profit was less than that of the same period a year before, when its results were flattered by exceptionally low major-loss expenditures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The end of regulatory tailwinds that recently flattered the group’s results mean Fresenius Medical Care could be set for an operating profit contraction, according to JPM.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Again, I was surprised — and flattered — to find myself on the guest list, and naturally I wanted to know what the occasion was.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Burwell said he’s flattered by recent online praise from the likes of Ethel Cain, Flying Lotus and Kid Cudi for his score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Or maybe," he said, “you're saying it because you're flattered I've spent eight years of my life chasing after the nine letters in your name."

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Adelaide can’t be a beacon, only a flattering mirror.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Even by boxing's recent standards, the past 24 hours have been extraordinary - and not a particularly flattering look for the sport.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Police conducted dozens of raids Thursday into the alleged embezzlement of public funds by the company that produced the flattering biopic.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

I think he might actually be flattering me, although it’s hard to tell.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black