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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost at the outbreak" is not correct and may cause confusion in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing events or situations that are on the verge of starting, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "The tensions between the two countries were almost at the outbreak of war."
Alternatives: "on the brink of" or "nearly at the onset of".
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Marceau Narcy, an Alcyon rider who died almost at the outbreak of war in September 1914.
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It had last turned almost 50 years before, at the outbreak of war, when workers downed tools to go and enlist.
At the outbreak of war the unit almost immediately created a sorting office in London's Regent's Park - a gigantic wooden hut covering several acres.
At the outbreak of the South Korean crisis, almost no one at the American Embassy in Seoul could offer the Treasury insights about what was going on, or extract the truth from South Korea's Finance Ministry.
At the outbreak of World War I (August 1914), Hardinge sent almost every European soldier available and large contingents of Indian soldiers to the British command, garnering local cooperation.
Almost certainly born and bred nearby in London's Bishopsgate area, he joined the parliamentarian army against Charles I at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1645.
The agency has found itself at the outbreak's epicentre.
At the outbreak of war, Indian regiments were immediately mobilised.
A major at the outbreak of World War II, he earned rapid promotion and commanded a division at Tunis in North Africa, where his counterattack almost cut communications behind the Allies' front.
Now, we're almost at the question.
The government investigators concluded in 1996 that lettuce from Fancy Cutt had almost certainly led to the outbreak.
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