bigger

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Europe and the U.K. are big importers, paying more for their oil and so, in principle, suffering a bigger hit to their economies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

He managed to get a replica of the 1960s cooker from the famous scene when Roy Scheider said the famous line, "You're gonna need a bigger boat".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

A bunch ran out of the dugout toward me and it got bigger than it needed to be.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

For Fed policymakers, however, inflation currently appears to be a bigger risk than unemployment.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

She probably thought I was a bigger numbskull than ever.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff