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In fact, there is slight evidence to the contrary — that the postmidterm rally is stronger when the market is also strong prior to the midterms.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Once adoption increased enough, those slight increases per average order added up and became enough to justify the costs of building and maintaining the AI tools, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Although these changes are modest, even slight improvements in blood pressure and cholesterol can make a meaningful difference when maintained over many years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

This will result in a slight dimming of the Sun's light and a drop in temperature.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Razi kept on, rolling the cart toward the town but taking a slight detour to give Marco time to catch up.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

It isn’t clear how deeply the disagreements and slights might affect a relationship that has long been a cornerstone of U.S. security policy in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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

Drake turns the frigid, isolated mansion rap that’s become his trademark toward relitigating the last half-decade of petty squabbles and minor slights.

From Salon ● May 21, 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

Drake has a beautiful voice, but her Ali is slighter than that of Maleah Joi Moon, who won a Tony for her Broadway debut performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

Seattle-area residents may have another, albeit slighter, chance to catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis Saturday evening, the Seattle office of the National Weather Service says.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024

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

Instead a slighter and far more welcome figure was chasing after me.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

As a result, fallow fields are in a "deplorable state, and at the slightest spark, the blaze spreads like wildfire" due to vegetation dried out by the heat.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 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

Current quantum machines are prone to start making mistakes in the event of the slightest interference such as small vibrations or a tiny change in temperature.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

“If I may be so bold, ma’am,” the patch says with the slightest hint of a bow.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

In his Thursday testimony, Musk—unprompted by attorneys—began ranking the leading AI companies and slighted OpenAI along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

“All those neighbors will look out their windows and kick themselves when they realize they slighted the head of the northern SIM!”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

“How dare you say so, when he’s got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too,” cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott