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“I flipped the light switch on and took about two more steps, and there’s a man standing there,” Roebuck recalls, “a little short guy, holding a rifle in his hand.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

“I’ll probably be a little bit more sensitive about how I communicate about the details of the plot of a movie.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Helicopter pilots are trained to stay away from those conditions, Cress said, because the lack of altitude and forward momentum give them little recourse if there is engine trouble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Maureen Sloan said, as a pensioner on a fixed income, her outgoings on the basics including utilities and rent meant she was left with very little else to spend each month.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

He had inherited a little land, but very little else.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

But the "so-called impediments" got short shrift from the most senior politician in Queensland, state premier David Crisafulli, who reached for less diplomatic language.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

However, the first of the trio of events has less than impressed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

More homes on the market equals less pressure on buyers to rush into a decision or pay more than they want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Understanding their dynamic doesn’t make this experience less annoying.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

I had no idea my aunt was even aware of the particulars of my job, much less that she had an opinion on them.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Instead, Castro, who has been suspended by ICE, is facing the lesser federal charge of lying to investigators.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Robinson’s defense tried to have the death penalty taken off the table and reduced to a lesser charge of murder, which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum of life in prison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Or it could be treated to a lesser level, to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for discharge to the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Itauma showed that many of the qualities which looked spectacular against lesser opposition still worked against a genuine world-level heavyweight.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

I say, therefore, that in completely new principalities, where there is a new prince, greater or lesser difficulty in maintaining them exists according to the greater or lesser virtue of the person who acquires them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

"You wouldn't think there were that many places to hide but when Ramona was littler, I think she'd been in every cupboard in one of those trailers," says Drew-Honey, now 28.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

The new paper adds an additional seven dark comets to the list, including bigger ones that inhabit the outer solar system and littler ones that remain in the inner solar system.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2024

No surprise there—as the term accelerates toward a contentious finale, the tensions roiling major cases are bound to spill over into littler ones.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024

The Pac-12 has been the runt of the Power Five littler for years now, which helped spur its dissolution.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

She pointed to a little boy who was draping his beaded cloak around his even littler sister as she clung to his shoulder.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The rushing Santa Ana River killed at least 10, and electric power was lost to entire cities, like Riverside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Sri Lanka managed just two sixes in their innings compared to England's 10, with it being only the seventh time their top five have all hit at least one in T20 internationals.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

With that thought in mind, the list below contains those value stocks currently recommended for purchase by at least two of the investment newsletters monitored by my performance-auditing firm.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

When I saw the film at a screening there, Mr. Wilson joked that he’d opened the theater so there would be at least one place where his movie would be shown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

At least two corners of the barn needed jacking up.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The scarcity of Apple’s littlest Mac comes at a time of high interest from AI power users and a potential product refresh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

"He always has time to chat with every little one and has the ability to charm even the littlest of children who may be a little shy of a big man in a red suit."

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024

They separate the haves from the have-nots with astonishing pay imbalances we wouldn’t permit even in the littlest leagues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024

Caiazzo was part of a research team that in 2021 reported on one with a petite diameter slightly larger than Earth's moon that boasted the greatest mass and littlest size of any known white dwarf.

From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023

It’s been quiet the last few days; even the laughter of the littlest kids sounds hollow.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed