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Nearly 20% of the vehicles went to Elon Musk’s other companies, raising questions about the vehicle’s future.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Nearly a year later, it has become clear just how big a gamble it was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

"Nearly 1.47 million people remain displaced in the country," Gregoire Goodstein, the IOM chief of mission in Haiti, told a press briefing in Geneva.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Nearly 300 episodes, which aired during the 1990s and 2000s, showed the hapless, accident-prone brothers uttering their catchphrase "To me, to you" as they caused chaos everywhere they went.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Nearly ready to open up his mouth to the clean air on the other side of the smoke, Byrd does another wrong thing.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers