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Murrell appeared to have an affection for purchasing video gaming items, with almost £2,000 spent on equipment over a 10-year period.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“In the playoffs at some point, especially when a series drags on, everybody knows the other team almost by heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

In a breezy, sun-soaked 90 minutes, Romvari excavates a lifetime of knotted, intergenerational trauma — a phrase that almost feels too heavy and too burdened by cryptic implications, given how this movie explores it.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Everyone otherwise received current standard care, and researchers followed them for a median of almost four years.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

The barracks appeared almost identical with the one we had left this morning, except that this one was furnished with bunks as well as tables and benches.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom