almost

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The charity said the average debt burden among people seeking help now stood at about £12,000, with repayments expected to take almost nine years on average.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

"The market's reaction remains almost mechanical at this point," said Stephen Innes, an analyst at SPI Asset Management.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

“In the playoffs at some point, especially when a series drags on, everybody knows the other team almost by heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Gnawing, almost unbearable heartbreak acts as the catalyst for a layered analysis of the ways humans — or, in the case of “The Sheep Detectives,” humans and their woolly friends — ache to forget.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

After that it was almost as if Marlene were her baby.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo