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True enough, though at times Mr. Cooper seems to consider himself more than a mere rocker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

In which case, they are not pledges, they are mere statements of intent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Without it, growth would have slowed to a mere fraction of a percentage point, leaving the economy nearly stagnant and flirting with recession.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

But any such comparisons are mere self-glorifying fantasy, for several reasons but two in particular.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

I had stood within a mere meter of Tugarin.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

Gary Tyler lived — by the merest chance — and eventually landed a job as a youth outreach worker in Venice, just a few miles away from that high school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

Many are very subtle: the merest tilt or twitch.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver