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But they can be cut down to size.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Rupert Mannion is a creature of corrosive spite, lording his recent divorce over his ex-wife throughout Season1 and popping around to cut her back down to size whenever she seems to be doing well.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Can anything fill the void once those injunctions are shrunken down to size?
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2025
“The tallest poppy has to get cut down. There’s a lot of eyes on me, so it’s like, ‘Let’s cut this girl down to size.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
And it was going to be worse at school, where every kid would feel duty bound to do his or her part in trimming the new kid down to size.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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