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BOISE, Idaho—Each afternoon at around 4:30, the earth here shakes from a series of controlled explosions, as engineers blast through basalt bedrock to flatten out the ground underneath a gigantic new semiconductor factory.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

But their stocks are starting to flatten out or fall, a sign investors have begun to look elsewhere.

From Barron's Nov. 13, 2025

Marie was told to "flatten out" her Glaswegian accent, and keep her fiery temperament hidden.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

He complained of swelling and stiffness from sleeping scrunched up in his car, unable to flatten out — the same problem David Mays described.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2023

From there, he sighted the advantage he needed: midway down from the mill walls, where the field began to flatten out, a purple granite slab shouldered out of the ground.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




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