Sentence examples for almost acquired from inspiring English sources

Sun almost acquired Apple at one point.

The Yankees could pursue Kansas City's Jason Grimsley, a former Yankee, or Texas' Ugueth Urbina, whom they almost acquired in 2001.

Boston's approach to contract negotiations under Henry can probably be traced back to December 2003, when the team almost acquired Alex Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers in exchange for Manny Ramírez.

State-owned Cnooc of China almost acquired the mine in 2005 with its unsuccessful bid for Unocal, which was bought instead by Chevron Chinesee buyers tried to persuade Chevron to sell the mine to them in 2007, but Chevron sold it to Molycorp Minerals, a private American group.

They almost acquired Tribe last year, although the deal eventually fell through, apparently over scaling issues.

Google almost acquired Riya a year ago, but pulled out at the last minute.

Infection is almost always acquired by inhalation from an environmental source, most commonly disturbed earth or bird or bat droppings.

With the incremental upgrades, the report said, the Army "almost unintentionally acquired a fully modernized force".

It was a level of consumption that, particularly when viewed against the concurrent collapse of the financial-services industry, almost immediately acquired a nostalgic air, the last gasp of the art boom.

Lycos, after almost being acquired by USA Networks usai, was pummeled after CMGI cmgi, its leading shareholder, fought the deal.

But it would seem that the (almost) freshly acquired company has no intentions of resting on its laurels.