nigh
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You know the end of summer is nigh when Vail Resorts announces opening dates for its ski resorts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Chris Sutton: There's no doubt the pressure will be on Maresca from the off, and replacing Rodri is nigh on impossible.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding weekend is nigh, and if you’re anywhere on the internet, you already know.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Or, the end of this Supreme Court term is nigh, at least.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
“As I came nigh to the cottage door, I heard your accusations of the king.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Or the end of the Anthropocene might be nigher than you think.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
“That’s nigher where it is,” said Joe; “she ain’t living.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
We be fast set at trump, man, hard by the fire; Thou shalt set on the king, if thou come a little nigher.
From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr. S. Mr. of Art
The old man sees toward his brandished bells The climbing fire With hands of boiling gold stretch nigher.
From Poems of Emile Verhaeren by Emile Verhaeren
And what beautiful colors greeted our weary eyes as we drew nigher.
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Marietta Holley
A girl upon the nighest stone, Half doubtful of the deed, was standing, So far the shallow flood had flown Beyond the 'customed leap of landing.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow
She was nighest to me, and right in line with the light from a winda.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Eleanor Gates
It is probable she was blown off from Madagascar by the violent northerly winds; that being the nighest land to us, though distance near 150 leagues.
From A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland by William Dampier
Then, after a while, she sent for Sir Bors de Ganis, who was the nighest of kin to Sir Launcelot of all those then at court.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle
King Harald’s son Magnus steered the ship which lay lowest in the river-mouth and nighest out to the lake.
From The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) by Ethel Harriet Hearn
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