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• Next, adhere ever so slightly to the trends and style the duo atop a denim maxiskirt from Grlfrnd.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
• The pedals feature plates and arms based on the exact parts used in the high-speed track car, which have been ever so slightly tweaked for sim racing.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2022
• About an hour later, if all goes as planned, DART will smash into its target with enough force to nudge the big space rock ever so slightly off course.
  — Loren Grush Bloomberg News (tns), al, 26 Sep. 2022
• At that point, Reichardt cuts away to a perfect reaction shot of Williams as Lizzy, ever so slightly seething.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• However, maybe a short week mitigates the damage ever so slightly to keep the Titans at bay.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2022
• The title likely applies to them both in different ways, but the scales are titled ever so slightly in Julio’s favor.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2022
• Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck are on that wall, their photos in color but ever so slightly starting to age.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2023
• Elvis Kuehn has meant the songwriting process as a trio is ever so slightly different than before their hiatus.
  — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 16 Mar. 2023
• Seasonal heating from the sun also warms the moon ever so slightly, even at 4.5 billion kilometers.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2023
• Every time the comet skirts the sun and planets, their gravitational tugs alter the iceball's path ever so slightly, leading to major course changes over time.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2023
• Every time the comet skirts the sun and planets, their gravitational tugs alter the iceball’s path ever so slightly, leading to major course changes over time.
  — Marcia Dunn, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2023
• Leaning forward ever so slightly, bend both knees, and press through front heel while simultaneously lifting the weights or band to the sky, keeping elbows forward and arms in line with your ears.
  — Sarah Felbin, Women's Health, 18 Apr. 2023
• Her Instagram account documents her life as a model and jet-setting member of the royal family—one who is ever so slightly out of the spotlight.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 June 2022
• Republicans could also retreat ever so slightly, with the understanding that McCarthy is on a tight leash.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
• The ratio of job openings to job seekers is moving ever so slightly downward — and in the right direction for the Federal Reserve, which is hoping that softer labor demand will help rein in decades-high inflation.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 2 Dec. 2022
• And the production fits well on the snug Booth Theatre stage, scaling up ever so slightly without sacrificing its disarming rough edges in any concession to Broadway slickness.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2022
• But Earth’s rotation slows ever so slightly from year to year, and the astronomical second (like the astronomical day) has gradually grown longer than the atomic one.
  — Alanna Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2022
• Today, the sense of despair has receded ever so slightly as the government of President Nicolás Maduro has backed away from leftist orthodoxy and the war in Ukraine has boosted oil prices and given him more leverage on the international stage.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022

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