almost

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For almost half a century, the cards were kept by the Americans at the Berlin Document Center.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

When U.S. futures closed above Brent on Apr. 2, it was the first time it had happened in almost four years.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Mr. Picton’s approach to structure is aggressively mutable, but his arrangements are almost entirely acoustic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Heaps, looking gaunt and frail in an orange jail shirt and pants, showed almost no reaction as he was sentenced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Before long a steady stream of guests was winding up the narrow staircase to Tante Jans’s rooms where he sat almost lost in a thicket of flowers.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom