scarcely
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Scarcely believing her eyes, she saw a man land on the road beneath the rear axle of a delivery truck stopped in front of her car at a pedestrian crossing.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024
Scarcely a month earlier, Paul McCartney had announced the Beatles’ disbandment.
From Salon • May 7, 2024
Scarcely two weeks after the Supreme Court delivered the Brown v.
From Slate • May 16, 2023
Scarcely a few minutes had passed before my brother returned with paratha rolls.
From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2022
“The first full moon of May. Scarcely a week from now.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing scarcely
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
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The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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