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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost happens" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that is very close to occurring but does not fully take place.
Example: "The event almost happens every year, but this time it was canceled due to unforeseen circumstances."
Alternatives: "nearly occurs" or "practically happens".
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Back east, and the partnership that should have happened – Harris Olson – almost happens, but doesn't quite.
No doubt if Big Boss suddenly had to pen an advert to recruit someone else to do my job - which almost happens several times a day - he would describe it as "varied and challenging".
"The temptation is there, though, because if they see that Premier League players are getting away with answering the referee or questioning a linesman, then it almost happens spontaneously, because it's an image that's in their mind.
Junger: I always dreaded it a little bit, because something bad always almost happens.
By the end, he and Sam expect to be destroyed soon after the Ring is cast into the Fire, and that almost happens.
Cooper's doppelganger said last episode that he was going to be pulled back into the Black Lodge, and that almost happens, but at the last minute an identical guy we've never met before a Cooper in a mustard-colored jacket and a terrible haircut and answering to the name of Dougie gets snatched away instead, and Real Coop is ejected out of a light socket in his place.
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That almost happened once.
It almost happened, in 1994.
That almost happened in Fremont.
That almost happened to me once, Mary.
Four years later, it almost happened again.
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