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[awl-mohst, awl-mohst] / ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊst /


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The University of Virginia began building a position in SpaceX in 2020 after looking through its managers’ holdings and discovering it had almost no SpaceX, said people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

She will say it has "become a minefield that exposes almost every significant public decision to legal challenge".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Jet fuel prices are expected to average $152 per barrel for the year, it said, up almost 70% from the previous year.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The research began almost 20 years ago when Quitterer received brain tissue samples from a colleague at Ain Shams University Hospital in Cairo.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

She tells me she almost had a heart attack when I shaved my hair off.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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