lowly
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The stock is trading at a lowly multiple, Berenberg says, as it increases its target price to 390 pence from 360 pence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Korda has had only two top-10s since that major triumph at the start of the summer and finished in a lowly share of 50th place at the recent FM Championship.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Rebuffs have come from more lowly corners, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
After the Mavericks, they’ll have tough games against Oklahoma City, Golden State and Phoenix before finishing against lowly Utah on April 12.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
One accepted the good or the evil with humility, for life was a mystery, and questions were not for the lowly.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Ephraim, younger and less weathered, will perform the lowlier chores, like scrubbing the floors and emptying the waste into the waves.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 18, 2019
Blackburn Rovers triumphed in 1995, but now languish in a lowlier division; most fans, and players, will remain keen on the biggest clubs.
From Economist ● May 2, 2016
The Olympics showed us a different model: superfit, lowlier but disciplined sports people whom I very much doubt were not at it day and night after competing.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2013
One explanation is that England, wittingly or not, approach their matches against the lowlier sides in a different way.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2011
Now the body is as real a part of humanity, as the soul and spirit are, although a much lowlier part.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
George parlays this job into a major’s rank, but only in the Virginia Militia, not the Royal Army, whose officers continue to treat him like the lowliest private.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
And, he might have added, even the lowliest teams believe they have a chance to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
This colorful, wreath-shaped cake is featured from January 6th until Fat Tuesday in the finest bakeries and the lowliest of supermarkets and just about everywhere in between.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024
When their numbers dwindle, entire ecosystems can be at risk, from the lowliest marine worms all the way up to the charismatic megafauna we watch on television.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
The whole castle, from Lady Stark to the lowliest kitchen scullion, knew he was hostage to his father's good behavior, and treated him accordingly.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
