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The college offered an aid package covering almost 80% of its $97,900 first-year cost, leaving him to pay $21,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Steep losses in New York saw the Nasdaq end almost three percent down, and Asian tech also struggled at the start of this week.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
“My mom arrived in the U.S. four years before me. Towards the end of the Cold War, communism was almost taking over Peru,” Kendall said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
A sand tiger shark that had been at an aquarium since its opening almost 30 years ago has died.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
I can almost feel him holding his breath.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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