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Growing to around 1 meter in length, the fish was likely an ambush predator that hunted smaller animals in freshwater systems.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

The former SNP MP Natalie McGarry was jailed for the embezzlement of a much smaller amount from an independence supporting group for women.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

This overcomes a key challenge facing Moore's Law that Intel sums up as: "You can make something smaller and smaller and smaller... until you can't".

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

While the United States is among a smaller group of countries that recognize jus soli, it is not alone in doing so.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

He was still as a statue between me and Dad, trying to make himself smaller.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck