flat
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England completed an innings win and Pakistan made sure not to offer a pitch quite so flat again, winning the next two on turning tracks to take the series.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Unlike the long-term chart, the trend line is nearly flat and the R-squared is zero — showing that higher-carry trades this year have not consistently coincided with greater stock-market sensitivity.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
It has tubs of brown butter, frozen flat or portioned into little pucks, ready to make a weeknight bowl of noodles taste as if someone planned better than you did.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
McMorrow’s attempt to split the difference between her moderate and progressive rivals—Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, respectively—fell flat.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
The second time I was canoeing down a flat, winding river that cuts through the woods like a sluggish snake.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
But when Jurado sarcastically introduced the next speaker — “Your favorite, Lineage, will now present!” — the joke fell flatter than a solar panel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Former world number one Medvedev generally hits flatter with his groundstrokes, meaning the ball stays lower on the clay and allows his opponents to return more comfortably.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Sander does not romanticize, valorize or flatter them: The even lighting comes from an overcast sky; they are dressed in dark suits and hats, one smokes a cigarette, and each sports a cane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
A flatter “yield curve” can create problems for banks.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
“I am sorry that it is beyond your skill to make a dress to flatter my complexion,” Penelope said curtly.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
A year ago in Multan, Pakistan responded to being beaten by England on the flattest pitch imaginable by using the same pitch for the next Test, dried by industrial fans and garden heaters.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
So instead, I've just defaulted to the flattest toppings vehicle I know — the tortilla.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2023
With the help of his wife, he printed the fish from a bottom-angled perspective to highlight the cut belly, which is more complex than the traditional technique of printing the flattest side of the fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
“My first thought was to get some good hiking shoes, I guess because I thought I was going to Switzerland. And then I showed up in literally the flattest place I ever lived.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
“Sounds epic,” I said in my flattest monotone.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Caltrans officials are recommending that this section of roadway be flatted out to some extent, Mihranian said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
A sign outside a Methodist Church near Mayfield captured the powerlessness many here felt in surveying what just a few days ago were busy towns, now flatted and twisted beyond easy identification.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2021
One Kreinik resident said a camp of displaced persons had been flatted and thousands of people had sought refuge in government buildings.
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2021
Fly Away made a big move in her last start to take the lead but flatted out late to finish third.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2013
So any scale with a flatted third and seventh can be called a Dorian scale.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
“We’re talking today about flatting the curve,” Monaco said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
Uneven spray patterns give you an uneven distribution of the flatting agent, which shows up as a very subtle variation in the sheen and doesn’t look good on a large table.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2012
Last week, his 358th week in the presidency, he ran through the part of just plain Harry without missing a cue or flatting a tone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Volunteer smalltown choirs, unopposed by professionals, are still enthusiastically flatting their way through the complicated, sentimental standbys.
From Time Magazine Archive
She turned her back I went around in front of her the rain creeping into the mud flatting her bodice through her dress it smelled horrible.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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