closest
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“It was the closest you could get to the stage without playing an instrument,” remembers Gray.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Electrical stimulation does not simply affect the brain tissue closest to an implanted electrode.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
When Barbabella arrived, he called out: “I need the most seriously injured!” recalled Josh Sweeney, who had been closest to the bomb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
A chorus of testimony from people who were once closest to Musk builds a profile of a megalomaniacal con artist.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
I’d teach them how to find the planets in the sky, especially Mercury, Venus, and Mars, which are closest.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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