tad
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A few of the obstacles layered in — Ed’s struggle to write and some show-night personality conflicts — feel a tad obligatory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Is Kimi Antonelli being overhyped due to results that largely he's been a tad fortunate with?
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
The dollar index DXY is a tad higher, while gold futures GC00 are trading around $4.670 an ounce.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Its target rises a tad to A$13.55 from A$13.50.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
His muttered "My lord" struck Tyrion as a tad grudging, but he opened the door nonetheless.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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For my tads, the educational materials include a 2-ft. sign joyously inscribed MOMMY.
From Time Magazine Archive
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That clocking would have rated Weissmuller nothing but a spectator's seat at last week's National A.A.U. championships in Lincoln, Neb., where tads the size of his beloved Cheetah smashed five world and eleven meet records.
From Time Magazine Archive
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One day Estes, Robert and some other tads were swimming in the nearby Tellico River.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Wasn't it a good time, Long Time Ago— When we all were little tads And first played "Show"!—
From The Book of Joyous Children by Will Vawter
You git my idy, do you?—Little tads, you understand— Jest a-wishin' thue and thue you that you on'y wuz a man.—
From Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley