almost

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After one of the largest one-day declines on record Monday, South Korea’s high-flying stock market recouped almost all of those losses Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The incident outside a Bristol nightclub in 2017 almost cost him his England career.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Exports of Canadian goods increased 1.6% from the month before to C$75.16 billion, and have jumped almost 25% on a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“We were there almost every year when I was a kid,” he said of visits to the U.S. side of his family.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“The Civil War lasted four years. Over and over, Caesar killed. He helped free a people. I’m grateful. Yet I expect his memories—the cost is almost unbearable.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes