Example Sentences

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The reasons have to do with how accountants treat all that AI spending, plus some longer-term trends that have flattered corporate profitability.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Chelsea have flattered to deceive in recent weeks.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

Chief among the irritants for the central banks has been the rebound in crude oil price and the fading annual base effects that have flattered headline disinflation progress this year.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023

They have cajoled him, they have flattered him, they have leaned on him.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021

Burgoyne supposed that the reference to a mediator would have brought to Lee the memory of General Monk, and would have flattered him with the same intention to restore the state.

From The Siege of Boston by French, Allen