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Brazilian oil giant Petrobras (PBR) has been the ugly duckling of big oil companies.
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Garcia has been especially adept at feathering his own nest with Ugly Duckling's assets.
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When peeled and cooked, this ugly duckling vegetable will become a true culinary swan.
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Laura Benanti, who plays the ugly-duckling daughter who blossoms into Gypsy Rose Lee in the show, received the featured actress award.
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Despite his unattractive past, Garcia quickly built Ugly Duckling into the top seller and financer of used cars for people with lousy credit histories.
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However, these functions are sometimes treated as the ugly duckling.
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In contrast, the current Subaru WRX is an ugly duckling.
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Now Wall Street's latest swan must continue to make progress, or, unlike in the fairy tale, he could easily find himself turned back into a dowdy duckling, fine suits notwithstanding.
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Particularly good: steak frites with sauce au poivre, coq au vin, roast duckling with wild rice, and tuna filet mignon with roasted beets and greens and white wine caper sauce.
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LinkedIn was long an ugly duckling of social media.
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When I was a kid, I remember my mom read the fairy tale about the ugly duckling, a story about a hideous, huge baby duck that can't fit in with the other ducks.
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Slovakia's transformation is remarkable given its ugly-duckling history.
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