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To their initial astonishment, they have attracted a far wider viewership spanning all ages, even followers who hitherto had only scant interest in ballet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

But there is scant mention of her thereafter until the first Easter weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It continued: "Wales' existing national parks have suffered years of funding cuts. Surely the priority should be to properly fund those before stretching scant resources even further?"

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

They dropped to a scant 190,370 last week and touched a five-month low.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Hard-hearted Robbie paid scant attention to this dreadful possibility, and shook his head a third time.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov