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The small downtown Los Angeles courtroom was packed long before Tuesday's hearing began.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“The small issuance size coupled with demand from real-money investors should prevent a weak outcome,” the senior Japan rates strategist adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
They spend most of their lives far from shore, usually traveling in small groups and diving deep to hunt squid and fish.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Guyana, a small English-speaking country at the northeast corner of South America, is locked in a territorial dispute with neighboring Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
There’s artwork on the wall, done by the kids; posters with tiny kittens “hanging in there”; and a small bookcase with an impressive collection of fables and fairy tales.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Combining several signal processing functions on one chip could also make optical communication equipment and sensor systems smaller and less expensive.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The company previously said sales in volume terms fell in the second quarter, down 4.2% to about 715,000 vehicles, hurt by a smaller EV market, discontinued vehicles and some inventory constraints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The Trinity Alps Wilderness, about three hours north of Sacramento, offers hiking trails, waterfalls, alpine lakes and smaller crowds than at popular national parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The area burned in Brazil's Amazon in 2025 was far smaller in size than the previous year, according to the deforestation monitoring group MapBiomas.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ahead of me, Lloyd grew smaller and smaller there between Lester and Flopears.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest last year covered the smallest area since MapBiomas records began in 1985.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
While the country waited for the team's arrival, celebrations continued overnight from Madrid to Spain's smallest villages on Sunday night.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
People who consumed the largest total amounts showed a more rapid decline in cognitive abilities than those who consumed the smallest amounts.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Shares fell more than 8% in after-hours trading, after the company forecast revenue growth of 11.7%—its smallest year-on-year increase of any quarter since late 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Her sister had not the smallest objection, and the pianoforte was opened; and Darcy, after a few moments’ recollection, was not sorry for it.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
