slightest

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It’s a medicated but functioning limbo that Peet, in one of her best roles, conveys without the slightest trace of pity but with a coursing, wryly emotional intelligence that always reveals the sadness fueling it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The investor messaged de Min to ask: "Are you not the slightest ashamed and disgusted just stealing my money and my family's money?"

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

"I can assure you, if we have just the slightest chance of getting the prize, we won't give it away to anybody else."

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

At the slightest hint that your ordeal is about to end, you immediately project all your hopes and dreams onto that illusion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The other was that of the young man who set out to study the Talmud, not because he had the slightest interest in God but because he was curious about its internal contradictions.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis