almost

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Figures from Report Fraud indicated the cost of rental fraud was a growing issue with reported losses almost doubling in the past five years.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The University of Virginia began building a position in SpaceX in 2020 after looking through its managers’ holdings and discovering it had almost no SpaceX, said people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The truth almost assuredly lies in the middle.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Some looked almost identical to the classic “toothpick grooves” of fossil humans, complete with fine parallel scratches and tapering shapes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

That was almost enough to rob his tongue of the sweetness of the frybread—it had almost robbed him of Harry.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith