pretty near
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“I think the game is pretty near up,” Washington despaired to his brother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
It could have turned out very badly, although I thought the script was a wonderful, pretty near visionary piece of writing, and I thought Spike did a fantastic job directing it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
“It should correct itself here in the pretty near future.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
The temporary halting of P&O's sailings at Larne Port will affect supplies coming into NI as other ferry operators are "pretty near full", Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has said.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2022
I had to follow the path to keep out of the wet grass so I didn’t see her until I was pretty near there, standing there in a black cloak, looking at the flowers.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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