shortest

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Consider Wednesday’s outing: it was Ohtani’s shortest start of the season, five innings and 88 pitches of what Roberts and Ohtani agreed was a “grind.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Dubai crude, which is in shortest supply, already topped $150 last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Here on the shortest winter days sunrise did not occur until around 10:00 in some places, resulting in darker mornings and a rise in serious road casualties.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

When you think about your work and your company, Complexly, you don’t want to squish it down to the shortest version, right?

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

He had smashed a world record in the shortest of sprints, one half mile, yet had the stamina to run in track record time at one and five-eighths miles.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand