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"It's a new Villa and it was a big test for the new players to dig in," McGinn told Uefa.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Touring presents a unique opportunity for musicians as it’s both a way to gain significant exposure and take a big financial risk — and still it doesn’t guarantee a sizable profit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
A stunning pace of earnings growth has also helped the rally broaden out beyond tech, chip stocks and the big momentum plays that drove the market to fresh highs this summer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
He quickly zeroed in on two big problems: Coca-Cola had very little control over its bottlers, who packaged and distributed the product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Rue is short and thick, with a dark brown complexion and big, expressive eyes.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Trip.com says there is plenty of room to court foreigners and turn tourism into a bigger growth driver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
On the ground, though, the people protesting in Albania are against something much bigger.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
One of England's kickers, Helena Rowland, has found a much bigger margin for error with the smaller ball, saying: "If you get it slightly wrong, the difference is massive."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Speaking at an event in Lagos on Monday to sign off on the paperwork, Dangote said raising money was only part of a bigger plan.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Oh, I’m sure they were plenty scared, Lala. But they did what had to be done because the movement was bigger than their fears.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
This perhaps reflects market appreciation of the biggest caveat of all: Governments, especially China’s and the America’s, have yet to be heard from.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Mental enrichment is the biggest health benefit “by far,” Blair said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Much of the decline is owing to Germany, where stocks in Europe's biggest economy stand at just 53 percent of capacity compared to 71 percent this time last year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
From the AFC, surely Bills quarterback Allen is overdue a trip to the NFL's biggest game, even if it will ultimately end in defeat.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"They're the biggest that have ever crossed from Africa to Spain," the lion keeper said.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
I've suddenly got the fear we've bigged this up too much.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
“This agreement has been bigged up as something that will be a solution to the world’s food shortage, and it is just not,” said Tracey Allen, an agricultural commodities strategist at JPMorgan Chase.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
This album has been bigged up by professional critics over the age of 50, but they are all closet fans.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2020
Brendan was never as good as people bigged him up to me.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2015
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From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
The talk of their golden generation is about as misplaced as the chat about them bigging themselves up.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
Another massive performance and others aside from Sinfield might be bigging him up.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
GP I really don’t want it to sound like I’m bigging myself up.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
"Let me just clear that up because obviously Leicester fans know how much respect I've got for them, their owners and constantly bigging up Leicester and what they do," Wright said on Twitter external-link.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2021
The "auld clay bigging" which saw his birth still stands by the side of the road that leads from Ayr to the river and the bridge of Doon.
From Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp
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