nigh

At that moment it appeared the end of Guehi's career at Palace was nigh.

The scale of it, and its remorseless growth over the last 48 to 72 hours, nigh on guaranteed his eventual capitulation.

"For our model, and I would say for the vast majority of regional producing theatres, that is nigh on impossible."

America's mainstream newsrooms have been trying to and failing for nigh on a quarter century, steadily ceding attention to an ascendant right-wing media led by Fox News, websites and podcasters.

As is so often the case, a rendition of Robbie Williams' Angels indicated the end of the night was nigh.