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In America those mortgage rates have neared 7%.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2023

The death toll in Turkey and Syria from last month's earthquakes have neared 52,000.

From Reuters • Mar. 8, 2023

But public hospitals have neared maximum capacity and were unable to take in those with mild symptoms, forcing them into tents and sleeping bags in parks near the hospitals, she said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2022

Other funeral homes have neared a tipping point, too.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021

Now all that is over,—we have neared the shore, and all our hold on you is bygone.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James