After the vote, several residents, one almost in tears, spoke in support of the veterans.

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Then, there was an issue unto itself -- Hillary Clinton's almost-tears.

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On the other side is the elderly man almost in tears as he joined the protestors outside the terminal building in singing Psalm 46, to try and drown out the noise of the engines, as the plane took off.

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Then they leave almost in tears.

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An international research team at Oxford University found that when people laugh hard, the kind that leaves them almost physically exhausted with tears in their eyes, the human body triggers the release of endorphins that help reduce the feeling of pain and promote feelings of general well being.

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And can I just say there's one song on this album that brings tears to my eyes almost and it's called--a song called "Trees, " because my dad used to--I'm now--I'm what--nine, 10, 11, 12 years old, and he was a singer.

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She admits to tears of frustration and said she almost considered giving up on the program in favor of moving in with family and saving toward a conventional loan.

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"I thought at one point he was going to cry, it was almost child like, he was squeezing his face as a child would to produce tears", she said.

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