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But this is a mere blip on her career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

The couple split later that year and sold the home for $3.3 million mere months later.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

All we know of Pocognoli comes from a mere 107 senior games as manager of Union Saint-Gilloise and Monaco.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The measure is a mere proxy to the thing we actually care about.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

She could think of only one woman who would reach out to her from beyond the grave, and the mere thought of it was too much.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

But for now he is a jovial Irish scamp, with the merest hint of a dark streak; where Sherlock comes from money, James, as he’s called here, is at school on a scholarship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

His strictly regulated factory model brooks no challenges from his workers, and he employs an enormous security force to snuff out the merest whisper of pro-union sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

"Lapwood's music was evocative, deploying the organ's entire range, from the merest whisper to stadium-rock pomp at full volume," he wrote.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023

Cutwater, startled, lost the merest breath of time.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman