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The mere fact of the US-born pontiff entering Zana means "we are already more than blessed," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

His pricey purchase comes mere weeks after he listed his nine-bedroom, 15-bathroom California property on Sept. 29.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

The money he had paid for the ring mere hours before?

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

Evan looked up, his eyes showing the merest interest.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon