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Hook always wanted to bite Cosmo with his few remaining yellowed, tiny teeth that Delilah compared to candy corn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
During searches, officers found a brown paper bag containing a tiny item they initially thought was a baby bird.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Another grower near Mid-Illovo, a region of rolling hills south of Durban, said most cane cutters in his area came from Lesotho, the tiny kingdom encircled by South Africa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Within moments of the series’ opening, she’s sliding a pie in the oven and futzing over tiny tarts and meringue kisses to photograph for her Hungry with Hollis followers.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Leprosy—now known as Hansen’s disease—is caused by a tiny rod-shaped germ called Mycobacterium leprae that enters the body through the air and quietly stews before showing its symptoms.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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These ultrathin materials, made from just one or a few atomic layers, have been viewed as promising candidates for building even tinier electronic devices.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
A group of even tinier microcaps outperformed the S&P 100, made up of the largest companies, by almost 12 percentage points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
“Institutional investors are a tiny share of the market, and a tinier share of the total U.S. housing market. There is not good enough evidence that institutional investors drive up home prices,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
But I think it’s Trello, a much tinier service, that tells the most concise story of how technology companies are now looking at their users.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
The silver trumpet, the cockeyed teddy bear with his red and white scarf, the tiny sled packed with tinier toys.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Lacunar stroke develops when the brain's tiniest blood vessels are damaged by a condition known as small vessel disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
But the tiniest silver lining of the path he’s taken means I have one more thing to help navigate accepting my voice: an example of what happens when someone retreats into fear and shame.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
If possible X-factor wildcards - Calvin Miller and Elliot Watt, for instance - were even the tiniest dot on Clarke's radar we'd have known it by now.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Investors would have been better off in the tiniest microcap stocks than in the oldest source of safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Jack shouted in pain, and the air around him began popping as he gasped for even the tiniest breath.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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It's the Little Things: Synonyms for "Small"
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