And the senator kept a near-constant vigil at her side.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2009] Reference

That was how it was in Japan, a near-constant state of conflict.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ugly Americans]

For large organizations, moving data is a near-constant fact of life.    From Wordnik.com.  [The InfoWorld SAN and NAS virtualization primer] Reference

It was fuelled, unsurprisingly, by his near-constant consumption of alcohol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jimmy Donley: A 'Born Loser' Finally Gets His Due] Reference

To accomplish this, Israel has a near-constant presence in Palestinian areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kill or Be Killed?] Reference

Maxwell's dreary performance, though, earned him near-constant spot on the bench.    From Wordnik.com.  [Justin Maxwell's grand slam lifts Washington Nationals to series win over Atlanta Braves] Reference

As a result, water districts here live under the near-constant threat of drought.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bay Area Water Strains Ease -- for Now] Reference

The hive was a near-constant presence, always in the background, but always there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Touch of Evil] Reference

Tyson has long had near-constant openings here, with many jobs going to immigrants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Job Fight: Immigrants vs. Locals] Reference

Taylor launched Liberia's 14 years of near-constant conflict with a 1989-96 insurgency.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

No surprise, it was a near-constant chatter in the background no matter what I was doing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anne Hill: Dreaming When Far from Home] Reference

An ingenious type of intake structure of French design has capacity near-constant over a range of head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference

As it was, apart from whistles and the near-constant shouts of “Levon, President,” there were no incidents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armenia: April 24 ��� Genocide Memorial Day] Reference

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: In the midst of the near-constant allied bombardment, life does go on in Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2001] Reference

A culture of near-constant sackings can create fear in the workplace – not good if you want productive workers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Advice on How To Lay People Off] Reference

No movement troubled the dunes, no sound stirred the air other than a near-constant chorus of heat-loving cicadas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Song of Time]

President Joseph Kabila, who arranged the national-unity administration in 2002 to halt six years of near-constant war.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Primarily confined to Orleans for the next four years, Melesina Trench suffered from ill health and near-constant pregnancy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Melesina Chenevix St. George Trench (1768-1827)] Reference

In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a small town named Forks exists under a near-constant cover of clouds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight]

Siphon tube use is limited to fields with little cross slope in order to maintain a near-constant operating head on each tube.    From Wordnik.com.  [1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation] Reference

As of June 2007, overall CD sales have plummeted 16% for the year so far -- and that's after seven years of near-constant erosion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kevin Morris: The Other Labor Crisis] Reference

She says she has to stick to a bland diet and is in near-constant pain: "I am going to be living with this for the rest of my life.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The 'Rare' Disease That Isn't] Reference

Thanks to near-constant news alerts, Mr. Pouliot will have posted anywhere from 25 to 50 updates between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. many days.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man on Fantasy's Graveyard Shift] Reference

Over the next week, the mountain of holiday treats in Connie's kitchen was gradually worn away by the erosion of near-constant snacking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

There is no mention of whether the Times Co. would like to peddle the Boston Globe, the subject of near-constant speculation around here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

Penny had always challenged him, but in a way that delighted him; he appreciated and enjoyed their near-constant battles of wits and wills.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady of His Own]

Among the suspected targets were trains at Grand Central and Times Square, where there are near-constant throngs of commuters and tourists.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Arrest in Plot to Bomb Subway] Reference

For one thing, the line stays at a near-constant elevation, which is what you'd expect of a shoreline (sea level is sea level on Earth, after all).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Search For Life] Reference

For Khalilzad, it was a personal triumph culminating months of daily meetings with top Iraqi leaders and near-constant convoying in and out of the Green Zone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diplomacy: Has the Dealmaker Lost His Touch?] Reference

Yet Jo's visit, the culmination of two years of painstaking diplomacy, has moved the peninsula from a state of near-constant crisis to the brink of a rapprochement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Traveling Behind Enemy Lines] Reference