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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

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

It's early days but the mere prospect of losing control of a property is delivering some results.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

A trade truce between the two sides was extended for a mere two months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The House had then decided never again to allow itself to become inflamed by the mere rant and rhapsody of a meddling fanatic” and had argued “that the subject would never be stirred again.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

But for now he is a jovial Irish scamp, with the merest hint of a dark streak; where Sherlock comes from money, James, as he’s called here, is at school on a scholarship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

But Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is going out of his way to avoid even the merest whiff of complacency.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024

But, in truth, the monster managed only the merest tiny little cough of smoke before turning over on its side and giving up the ghost.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye