dwarf
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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
As stars from the dwarf galaxy entered the larger galaxy, one of them may have passed too close to the dwarf galaxy's own supermassive black hole.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
But he did not deem it wise to mention this to the dwarf.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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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
It is a body of work that dwarfs anything put together by his rivals.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
White dwarfs are generally much easier to recognize in ultraviolet light.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
“The magnitude of the job dwarfs every man who aspires to it.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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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
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
When the old man, helped by Bilbo and some dwarves, had finished unloading, Bilbo gave a few pennies away; but not a single squib or cracker was forthcoming, to the disappointment of the onlookers.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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But what they found during their searches in 2025 dwarfed their earlier discoveries.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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
Tuesday, for example, saw roughly $280 million of turnover in the U.S. but this was dwarfed by Wednesday’s volume in Korea where around $8.5 billion of shares changed hands.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The relief that came with the decision to finally let go was completely dwarfed by the immense pain of severing a family in two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Even the sagebrush struggled to exist, and the oaks were dwarfed from lack of moisture.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Tall, gaunt and calculating, Wagoner’s angles had angles, but somehow standing next to her, his pompadour dwarfing her considerable bouffant, it worked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
While economists view this threshold as largely symbolic, the sheer magnitude is hard to overstate, dwarfing the entire annual output of the U.S. economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The old computer-software index showed prices rising at a record 17% yearly pace, dwarfing any prior increase.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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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