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Lamanna says he now runs a flatter organization with an emphasis on player-coaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Greedier batters, flatter surfaces and poorer performances will provide tougher days, but here Root brought a welcome calmness on his return as skipper.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Leavitt, by never failing to placate, flatter and worship her boss, has displayed a singular and decisive pathway, although not a very original one, to political success.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Favorable base effects should flatter retail sales although the boost from the government’s consumer-goods trade-in program is fading, Goldman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“My dear, do not give way to such gloomy thoughts. Let us hope for better things. Let us flatter ourselves that I may be the survivor.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Except for Iran, of course, which he alternately bombs, demonizes and flatters.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

But strip out the popular Mini Kelly handbag, which flatters the average premium, and larger versions of the Kelly and Birkin sell at par to retail prices once the auctioneers’ commission is factored in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

That flatters him a little, although more of his wickets were top-order dismissals than lower-order by the series' end - a reversal of his return at the start.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

Max flatters me but not in a sleazy way.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

In 2019 he told the Daily Mail that he was flattered by the attention but didn’t consider himself to be male-model material.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

Jurors were previously told she knew Ward had been in films and on TV and felt flattered when he asked for her Snapchat handle.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

He loved Nurse Duckett’s serene, flattered response, the sense of attachment to him she displayed proudly.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

Through the muscle pain, mental strain and those loose-fitting uniforms that are shapeless and weirdly flattering, our marriage got its groove back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

But a halftime show is culture, not commitment, and the league’s honest scorecard is not flattering.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

People with leprosy—a visible sign, in Mr. Basciano’s telling, of physical illness and, for many cultures, social disorder—needed to be kept safely out of sight to ensure a more flattering national identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

He simply did not want contact from anyone he didn’t know, and he made it quite clear, peremptorily, to Jack Collins that no mail—even important, flattering, or personal messages—should be forwarded to him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady