very likely

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“Doing so without clear consent and governance will very likely result in backlash,” says Tori Paulman, an analyst and future-of-work specialist at research firm Gartner.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Hopefully the Lakers can avoid a sweep when they return to The Crypt, but it doesn’t look very likely, not when committing 39 turnovers in two games.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

"It's very likely that something would have happened and Genevieve wouldn't have died," he says.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Enter that Atlantic article: “If successful, he would turn a very likely Democratic win into a jump ball,” Jonathan Chait wrote.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

And to this day in Calormene schools, if you do anything unusually stupid, you are very likely to be called "a second Rabadash".

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis