Deep
Deep adjective - Not close in time or space.
Usage example: an episode in her deep past that she had never spoken about, even to her husband
Nigh
Nigh adjective - Not being distant in time, space, or significance.
Usage example: the end is nigh
Both words in one sentence
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The corruption runs so deep that it's nigh impossible for Preferred Outcomes to be stopped as it is.
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Liam Neeson as Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia was such a perfect casting that it's nigh impossible to reread the books and not read Aslan in a deep, northern Irish-accented voice.
Source: Can't Unhear It -
Delving too deep will summon this nigh-invincible horror, and thusly, your doom.
Source: Characters / Terraria
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