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Perlis writes that with a slight smirk — of course nobody outgrew the conflict.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Shares of Victoria’s Secret took a dive in early Thursday trading, as investors had high hopes for the lingerie maker’s fiscal second-quarter earnings report but were disappointed by a slight sales miss.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Friday and Saturday will see a slight dip in temperatures for all parts, as winds turn to a more north-westerly direction, bringing a mix of sunshine and showers.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Nearly all known exoplanets have been discovered indirectly, including through methods that detect the slight drop in a star's brightness when a planet passes in front of it.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

There is a slight buzzing noise as he travels.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

But her open-hearted grace and ability to take such slights in stride resonated with everyday folks otherwise overlooked by upper-crust tastemakers.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

Still, despite the scheduling slights, Xi wants this summit as much as Trump does.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 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

As the storylines have become more current, they have, perhaps inevitably, become both slighter and messier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

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

Originally programmed in 1987 by George Lewis, the composer, performer and computer-music pioneer, Voyager’s discography is slighter than Mitchell’s, but likewise thrilling.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

The slighter, swifter Sam Simmonds starts at eight after Alex Dombrandt's brush with Covid.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2022

One of the men is thinner than the other, of a slighter stature.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

“He’s a major problem,” Green adds solemnly, before cracking the slightest smile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

When fouls are studied like the Zapruder Film, even the slightest contact takes on proportions that countries like Sweden would simply prefer to live without.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

"I didn't feel myself at all, I didn't look myself in the slightest, I didn't want to go out," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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

Which, oddly enough, makes Scoob grin just the slightest bit.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

His defence said he had a brain injury and paranoid schizophrenia, and that his mental condition affected the way he viewed being slighted.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

That’s left some residents feeling slighted, saying they were unaware of the attraction until ground was moved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Dorothy, in Ms. Benedict’s telling, feels slighted by her male colleagues in London’s Detection Club, a real-life group of British mystery writers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

But the public was not much aware of either Wilson or Spencer; compared to Smith and Hickock, or the fifth man on the Row, Lowell Lee Andrews, the press had rather slighted them.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

While having a drink in a bar shortly after arriving in Venezuela, he carelessly made a slighting comment about Simón Bolívar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

In New Jersey, Lieberman said, that misery only intensified the usual, everyday slighting from New Yorkers, Philadelphians and others — what Lieberman pinpoints as New Jersey’s constant state of embattlement.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2020

I’d thought I was getting back at her for slighting me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu