Ten years later, the dam is nearing completion. The study portion of the project is nearing its completion. Having suffered from tuberculosis for decades, his mother was finally nearing death. It was nearing thirty hours since liftoff. After a lengthy fundraising campaign, restoration is nearing completion. He also said that the album was nearing completion. As of January 2011, the project was nearing completion. A bypass through several neighbourhoods is nearing completion. But by this time, the story is nearing its end. By now, the war is nearing its end and the German Army is retreating. By October 2010, the eastern grandstand was nearing completion. By early 1945, World War II was nearing its end. By 1989 Germany was nearing reunification and the Cold War was coming to a close. In the late 1880s, statehood for the Washington Territory was nearing. A year later, the club was nearing extinction due to financial problems.