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It's still just barely within the realm of possibility that Democrats can win control of the House, which would add a necessary check on budgeting and appropriations.

That puts Hollywood in the top half of this list — but just barely.

“Regardless of whether we rebuild the bridges or rebuild the buildings, it’s like that bereavement never goes away,” said Williams, who recalls sensing a similar atmosphere of loss during her time in Phnom Penh, where, as she remembers, the trauma of war lurked in collective memory “just barely under the skin.”

The sales have significantly improved GameStop’s balance sheet; even though its business is just barely scraping by, the company now has more than $4 billion in cash from all these share sales.

Estimates suggest that the number of opioid overdose deaths declined in 2023, but just barely, with more than 80,000 US lives lost to opioids in a single year.