Example Sentences

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Two major apartment owners, AvalonBay Communities and Equity Residential, are nearing a deal to combine, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Despite the headlines about the ship and its increasingly frightened passengers, cruise stocks are rallying on Wednesday due to even bigger news: reports that the U.S. and Iran are nearing a peace deal.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

For some of those individuals who are nearing or at retirement age anyway, maybe they don’t care.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Those who apply after 6 April but are nearing end of life, or meet the Severe Conditions Criteria, will continue to receive the higher rate.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The whistles are sounding; we are nearing Galatz.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker