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More than once, 2025 has struck me as a brilliant, dazzling year for movies and a terrible one for damn near everything else.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
But Joseph Smith was looking out for my weary fingers, and the whole thing turns out damn near subdued.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
The process damn near killed me.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As opportunistic omnivores, hogs will eat damn near anything.
—M.d. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
But Joseph Smith was looking out for my weary fingers, and the whole thing turns out damn near subdued.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
The process damn near killed me.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As opportunistic omnivores, hogs will eat damn near anything.
—M.d. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Damn near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damn%20near. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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