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Fifth-year senior defensive end Zuriah Fisher went so far as to compliment the way he “eats at breakfast.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
I won’t go so far as to say the procedural issues holding up an Olympic agreement are stupid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Marija is also, despite insisting otherwise to Vytas, seeing someone—a female colleague, who cheers on her resignation but doesn’t go so far as to follow her out the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Heathrow said 19 July was its busiest day of the year so far as many schools broke up for summer, with 267,000 passengers passing through.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The girl blushed, so far as she could blush when she was boiled, and said in a small voice: “Please give me your hand.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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