painstakingly
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They were painstakingly close to achieving one of the tournament's great upsets against Argentina, leading 2-0 with just minutes left to play before the defending champions staged an astonishing 3-2 comeback win.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The fossil was painstakingly prepared by the late fossil preparator Andrew Grebneff and remained in the Department's collection for several years.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
As “Obsession” so painstakingly reminds the viewer over the next 90-some minutes, a romance and a love story are not the same thing, and our ability to so easily confuse the two is Barker’s point.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Seats that I painstakingly secured via a lengthy online chat disappeared by the time I arrived at the airport and I had to fight to retrieve them without paying a fee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Since the dawn of the OASIS, thousands of elderly users had come here and painstakingly coded virtual replicas of local arcades they remembered from their childhood, thus making them a permanent part of the museum.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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