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“The eagle continues to perch and eat, and there is slight improvement in her energy,” says the center’s Eliza Cameron in the post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

T-Mobile left most of its full-year guidance unchanged but made a slight increase to its forecast for adjusted free cash flow, which now calls for between $18.4 billion and $18.8 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

With grandma’s nest egg and mom and dad’s retirement tied up in a young couple’s first home, even a slight chill in property valuations causes an arctic frost on consumer sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"Eight years ago, France were the champions. Four years ago, they were in the final. There is a slight gap, but no problem. We want to close it."

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Stylized blue butterfly logos decorated the podium, the big screen in the background, the pennants that waved in the slight breeze.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

This helps explain why he can’t disregard her criticism the way any normal person might shrug off slights from someone they don’t respect.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

"An overwhelming picture has emerged of your rage, anger, and volatility", said the judge, adding that George had a "pronounced temper" which could be sparked by trivial matters and "perceived slights".

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

Choose to let go of harmless slights and petty conflicts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

Dana releases old slights more easily; there are too many people to save to dismiss a pair of capable hands.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

Love and lives are complicated, so I will tell you only two things that happened over the next few years, though you can imagine a thousand little slights between the physician and Hassan.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson was cooler on the film, commenting A Real Pain "is slighter than expected and is thus easily overwhelmed by Culkin’s high shtick".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024

But once he started dominating, he kept dominating, putting up six double-doubles in seven playoff games, obliterating short-handed Memphis inside while steamrolling the Lakers’ slighter opponents on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023

His most dramatic liberties were reined in; tempo fluctuations became slighter.

From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

Wu showcases a knack for mining meaning out of the slighter essays, about her teenage job at a quaint bakery, for example, or her idiosyncratic affection for bunnies.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022

He was slighter than Bun, heavily freckled, but he had Bunny’s sandy hair and his sharp little nose.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

And everywhere, hometown fans lose their minds at the slightest hint of a French victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Traditional Kung Pao chicken calls for stir-fried chicken, so no, this recipe isn’t authentic in the slightest.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

The same goes for securities brokers — “The slightest doubt as to the trustworthiness of a broker’s word or commitment would put him out of business overnight.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

We must also hope that he will take a leaf out of Lagarde’s book and raise interest rates if there is even the slightest chance that inflation expectations will soon become unanchored.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

There is, however, no sign—not the slightest fragment of evidence—that they had been struck by this, and Sprat went out of his way to criticize Bacon’s insufficiently critical approach to questions of evidence.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

If questions about his presence on the team have left him feeling slighted, Freeman says he’s fueled more by the adversity he has faced than by his recent success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

He also shared times that fun moments have gone sour, such as feeling slighted by a friend who profited from selling him a boat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Leaving a group trip where someone feels financially slighted can lead to conflict when you get back home.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Judge Geraint Walters told Swansea Crown Court that Cooper appeared to have felt "slighted" after Mr Evans and his partner shared a look while his partner, Catherine Tracy Francis, was singing karaoke.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025

Ged's pride would not be slighted or condescended to.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Keller and Knight were rewarded with proximity to Storrie and the best punchlines, but neither Quinn nor Jack Hughes had to indicate in any way that they had joined America’s president in slighting them.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

After some accused her of unnecessarily forcing a link between the “Hustlers” star and the “Euphoria” star, @NBAgladiator clarified that she’s “not slighting either woman.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

“They do not want to be seen as slighting China,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

The slighting of Oklahoma, the forgiving of Michigan, the mystery of Cincinnati and the elevation of Michigan State made for a confusing bunch separated by margins seemingly tiny.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021

By slighting death, by acting, we pretended it was not the terrible thing it was.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien