humble
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A global symbol of parties and celebrations but an environmental headache, the humble balloon is undergoing a green revolution thanks to UK researchers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
A deep dive that might change how you see bar soap: The humble bar of soap used to define the American way.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I just try to be humble and try to prove to myself that I deserve to be here,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Tyler's manager Matthew Davies spoke of the singer's humble personality, saying she was "always a star but never a diva".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Little more than an hour before Lincoln died, George Atzerodt rose from his humble room at the Pennsylvania House and left the hotel.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Gilgamesh’s lament is not the stylized keening of epic tradition—not Achilles’ highfalutin howls after Hector strikes down Patroclus—but something rawer, humbler, more recognizably human.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Then our dreams became humbler, to liberate our own lands. Now it’s even less. We don’t want to liberate anything. We just want to stay home and not leave our homes,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Still, the rewards that come with the new travel debit cards are much humbler than those of even the least generous credit cards from the same companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
They also produce large works of public art, grand human figures being soldered together next to humbler vinyl signs of the city’s workaday sandwich shops.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
Dishwashers occupy one of the humblest rungs, but they are among the most badly needed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Throckmorton’s shuttering occurred in the era before the internet conferred immortality to even the humblest of establishments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
Simple, ignoble, under-appreciated green cabbage: It has got to be one of the most unpretentious and humblest in all of the Cruciferae family, if not among the entire vegetable kingdom.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
"To the millions who tuned in every Sunday evening to watch The Antiques Roadshow, Henry was like a favourite uncle, whose enthusiasm for even the humblest piece of chipped china was infectious," John Sandon said.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
The queen’s men outnumbered the queen’s ladies three to one, so even the humblest serving girls were pressed into the dance.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
He has a flop with his film, “Big Top Pee-wee,” which humbles him.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
“Hard for me to accept that a once world-class athlete just stumbled. But age is the great equalizer and humbles us all.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
Scheinert: It’s usually one hit each, but it humbles us and gets you out of your head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
“Yeah, it kind of humbles me a little bit, and it makes me think of what are the other ways I can contribute to the team,” Carlson said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
"Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
In statement after being declared the winner, Hichilema, 64, said: "We are truly humbled by the trust you have placed in our hands."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
I am humbled that you’d ask me for a third opinion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
I'm "humbled that I'm getting to put Matthew back in cinema after six and a half years," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I was humbled and blown away by the incredible response to the opening of ‘The Mad King,’” co-producer Simon Painter said Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
I was feeling pretty good about the way I could handle myself on snow, but I was humbled real quick.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
That is a humbling admission from a company long accustomed to running the table on its suppliers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
What a strange and humbling thing that the course of human history has been repeatedly upended by this singular pathogen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Tone poem” is an overused term in cinema, but the humbling “Time and Water,” graced with a playful, atmospheric Dan Deacon score, earns that distinction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
“As a mother, it’s been humbling to watch the kind of young man he has become through adversity,” Janet said in a letter she wrote honoring her son.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
Working at the Dollar Store was mind-numbing and humbling work.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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