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Funnily, he refers to the game's "ever-nearing" release date -- which, you know, in 2006 we all thought it was "nearing."
Archive 2008-08-01 SVGL 2008
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She saw them secretly, alternately, in ever-nearing frequency.
The Messenger 2010
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If only, she thought as she guided the skimmer over the town and toward the ever-nearing refuge of her office, the enmity between Sakuntala and Deyzara did not seem as abiding and permanent as the perpetual drenching, remorseless rain.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
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If only, she thought as she guided the skimmer over the town and toward the ever-nearing refuge of her office, the enmity between Sakuntala and Deyzara did not seem as abiding and permanent as the perpetual drenching, remorseless rain.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
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Eye-restful solace came however with the sight of the ever-nearing glorious sun-crowned peaks of the mighty "Rockies," sharply silhouetted against the dazzling blue of the sky.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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The jockey bunched himself in an ecstasy of relief, and his mare danced with a fellow-electrical feeling as the Devil, wheeling sharply from the sparkling water in the tank, missed the lone tree by a foot; then gathering fresh impetus from the ever-nearing sound of thudding hoofs, tore towards the rails enclosing the two tracks.
Leonie of the Jungle Joan Conquest
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"What about the sheep?" and he waved his hand toward the ever-nearing cloud of dust which floated over the backs of thousands of sharp-hoofed animals.
The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders Willard F. Baker
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Upon my face the weird magnetic lure of ever-nearing, never-kissing lips made soundless music.
The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927
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Bullets had beaten like rain upon the walls about her, the moaning of wounded men on the other side of the hastily constructed partition mingled unceasingly with the cries of the ever-nearing enemy.
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But for the time there was nothing to keep John Derringham in England, and with intense reluctance he started for Italy, the ever-nearing date for his wedding looming in front of him like some heavy cloud.
Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903
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