near-solid

Think of how different that graph would have looked if the South was a near-solid wall of unhappiness.

Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

Following her movements, the sand spirals rotated with her, until they formed a near-solid hidden body.

The Cat is a Metaphor 2010

I just cheered right along with her when the map crept towards a near-solid scarlet.

flashback moriarty6 2006

Up until recently, party leaders thought of Hispanic votes in terms of the large Cuban-American population in Miami, a near-solid Republican voting bloc.

Ron Levitt: Florida Politicos Up Rhetoric to Excite Voters, Lure Hispanics 2008

Ocean barges clotted the water, while fat cargo starships formed near-solid lines stretching up through the sky.

The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

What's more, a tilt to Taiwan has the near-solid support of conservative think tanks, from which Bush is picking his team.

No More U.S. 'Ambiguity' In East Asia 2007

Just as the Democratic Party would have been crippled in the old days without the support of the segregationist South, today's Republicans would have only a fraction of their current political power without the near-solid support of voters who are hostile to blacks.

speaking in code 2005

Two hundred kph winds buffeted the hull with near-solid clumps of grey mist while lightning clawed furiously at the force field.

The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

AROUND MIDDAY THE HORSES picked their way down the shallow cliffs that separated the upland plains from the near-solid farmlands—the flatter, wetter country where the lesser noble houses held land.

Full-Blooded Fantasy Steve Erickson 2005

Just as the Democratic Party would have been crippled in the old days without the support of the segregationist South, today's Republicans would have only a fraction of their current political power without the near-solid support of voters who are hostile to blacks.

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