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A mere two days, Colin could not help but note, before their health insurance was set to renew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It seems far more significant than a mere "adjustment".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The listing comes mere days after Biles opened up about the couple’s latest move while speaking to People after Owens signed a one-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts in March.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The rushing attack wasn’t much better, as the Trojans averaged a mere 3.6 yards per rush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Their mere existence stunted the growth around them.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Hilton has been campaigning hard, as though he has more than the merest speck of a chance of pulling an epic upset and somehow prevailing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Before Lamarck, naturalists saw organisms as passive, depending on supernatural intervention for their merest actions as well as their very existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
"Lapwood's music was evocative, deploying the organ's entire range, from the merest whisper to stadium-rock pomp at full volume," he wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023
For the merest fraction of a second I didn’t know what to do next.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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