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Example Sentences
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Trump ultimately arrived in Durant nearly two hours behind schedule.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The case against Manchester City had been building for nearly a decade before the seismic news finally landed this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
But at nearly 0.3 seconds slower in qualifying, and with the pace Verstappen has shown all weekend, Hamilton's mindset on Saturday was to "just try my best to hold on to him tomorrow".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Germany’s output fell nearly 6% to 79.2 million hectoliters, or about 2.1 billion gallons — a mark below 80 million hectoliters for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The young man who’d nearly run us down was named Eugene Hammond.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
