Sentence examples for it nearly captured from inspiring English sources

Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed at a Pentagon briefing with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday that the United States believes it nearly captured Mr. Zarqawi in the raid.

A ceremony in which Mr Peña formally launched his campaign on March 12th was bumped off the front pages by the government's announcement that it had nearly captured Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexico's most wanted drug trafficker.

It began with Israel's birth in 1948, when Arab armies nearly captured Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and ended in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Israeli forces came within artillery range of Cairo and Damascus.

This is the sort of commitment I was nearly captured in, and I'm glad I decided against it.

The Tea Party might not be over, but it is increasingly clear that the election last month significantly weakened the once-surging movement, which nearly captured control of the Republican Party through a potent combination of populism and fury.

Four years later, he was nearly captured by the Gestapo while working for the Resistance.

Ismāʿīl was wounded and nearly captured as he tried to rally troops.

He has been spotted several times and was nearly captured on Friday.

Washington's stay in Manhattan was very short, from April through August 1776, at which point the British nearly captured him.

After Valdivia's defeat the Araucanians nearly captured Santiago, but the death of Lautaro on the battlefield and a smallpox epidemic among the Indians prevented it.

He commanded the 56th Panzer Corps in the invasion of the Soviet Union (1941), and nearly captured Leningrad.