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Wearing nothing but a pair of dark blue jeans, the pop star folds her arms over her bare chest while lying upside down on white bed sheets, smiling ever so slightly at the camera.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 May 2023
But in ways no one could have brought about or foreseen, the atmosphere outside had changed ever so slightly for convicts seeking clemency.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
Deep chords in the low strings shifted ever so slightly, while high above this the violins played an octave that drifted out of tune and back.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
Perhaps this is the inevitable fate of niche online subcultures that go (ever so slightly more) mainstream.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2022
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 May 2023
But in ways no one could have brought about or foreseen, the atmosphere outside had changed ever so slightly for convicts seeking clemency.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
Deep chords in the low strings shifted ever so slightly, while high above this the violins played an octave that drifted out of tune and back.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
Perhaps this is the inevitable fate of niche online subcultures that go (ever so slightly more) mainstream.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2022
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“Ever so slightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20so%20slightly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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