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Recent Examples on the WebAdjective
While the pay freeze helped San Diego balance its budget despite lower per-capita revenues than most other cities, the freeze also created big problems.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
The spinoff is said to have a significantly bigger budget, with ambitions to reach an audience beyond the Philippines.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
But while getting Williams’ production back is big, the return of Williams’ leadership is just as valuable, if not more so, in Davis’ eyes.
—Kortay Vincent, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Here are my top questions going into the big night.
—The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
The company also plans to expand in Southern California and enter the Las Vegas market for the first time and anticipates a bigger presence in the Southeast, Northeast and Midwest.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
On March 1, state regulators gave Waymo, the self-driving taxi company owned by Google’s parent, Alphabet, the green light to expand its robotaxi service to Los Angeles County, clearing the way for the company’s expansion into one of the biggest markets in the country.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Anywhere from the biggest of the big, like, Post Malone down to people who are just starting to come up in the smaller California scene.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2024
The series remains one of AMC's biggest flagship shows alongside Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and ran for 11 seasons, concluding on Nov. 20, 2022.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Adverb
Timberlake, one of the seven KU seniors honored pregame, hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the second half to put Kansas up big over rival Kansas State.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2024
These adjustments to the current profession can pay off big in the long-term, increasing your expertise and improving your skill set in your field.
—Ryan Derousseau, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The sophomore guard has consistently come up big down the stretch.
—Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2024
Coach Andy Reid remains at the helm and star tight end Travis Kelce has come up big in the playoffs for Kansas City once again, breaking the NFL record for postseason catches in the process.
—Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
Purdy found Kittle on a gutsy fourth-down play, and then Jennings came up big again.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
What might be most impressive is his ability to come up big in big moments.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
Earlier this year, Club Chalamet broke big over photos of Chalamet and Kylie Jenner at the Renaissance tour.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2023
The result is even more remarkable, given the fact that Gregor Kobel had to come up big in the first minutes of the game to stop a penalty by Olivier Giroud.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Noun
In that situation, the weakside wing is charged with dropping and blocking out the big.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, who took over the job when Milwaukee’s brass decided to fire Adrian Griffin with a 30-13 record, has been around a few talented and dominant bigs throughout his NBA career.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
This will be billed as a battle of the sophomore bigs with OSU’s Raegan Beers (18.2 points, 11.1 rebounds) taking on UCLA’s Lauren Betts (15.0 points, 8.6 rebounds), but guards will likely be the game-changers in this matchup.
—USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024
Still, the Pacers got plenty of production from their own bigs, and that kept them within striking distance.
—Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Jan. 2024
Then three starters got hurt, including both bigs, and a key rotation piece flew to the Dominican Republic for a funeral.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
State's starting bigs of River Baldwin and Mimi Collins combined for six points on 1-for-11 shooting with eight rebounds, a boards total matched by the 5-foot-6 Amoore as well as 6-5 freshman center Clara Strack.
—Aaron Beard, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2024
He was named the District 7-5A Newcomer of the Year as a freshman.
Woodcock, a senior big, stands at 6-foot-10 and averages 9.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2024
Instead of sending the double team from the opposite big, which for Utah State meant coming diagonally across the lane, the Wolf Pack doubled straight from the wing who entered the ball while the remaining on the three defenders rotated on the perimeter.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
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