almost

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Amelie said it was almost like businesses were queuing up for students graduating with an in-demand trade.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“For most of the past two months, markets have displayed an almost supernatural ability to ignore risk,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, wrote in a weekend note.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

Equally important was Edmond de Rothschild’s wife, Adelheid, a far quieter but deeply influential figure who, Mr. McAuley tells us, “has almost vanished from the historical record.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Then there is Trump, who is expected to attend Game 3 and will almost certainly bring a different kind of attention to Madison Square Garden.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Back when Mom, Jonah, and I first moved here when I was eleven, Pops would find me almost every day after school, fishing off the end of his dock.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam