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Some activists told the BBC that the referendum was a mere formality and claimed that 90% of registered voters did not take part.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The luxe dwelling, which was built in 1950, is situated on a 1.5-acre lot mere feet from the beach and sprawls across 2,278 square feet.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Rate-sensitive gold futures fell $83.10, or 1.9% to $4348 a troy ounce, trimming 2026 gains to a mere 0.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
After nine years in the city, Zach Mauer knows the mere mention of a rent-regulated unit holds a kind of power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The House had then decided never again to allow itself to become inflamed by the mere rant and rhapsody of a meddling fanatic” and had argued “that the subject would never be stirred again.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Before Lamarck, naturalists saw organisms as passive, depending on supernatural intervention for their merest actions as well as their very existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
It’s a fig leaf so thin the merest whisper of a breeze wafts it away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Before Saturday, the atmospheric spigots of April had given us the merest trickle of moisture.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023
The eyebrows and mustache, the fierce wrinkles between the eyes, the face, all were the merest black webs.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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