nearest

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For the stocks listed in this table, that would mean buying the straddles expiring on June 12, or the next nearest date if that expiration date not exist for a particular stock.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The facility would have sat less than 500 feet away from the nearest home and used three times the electricity of the 60,000-person, predominantly Asian American city.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Its Emmett shop, more than a mile from the nearest coal-processing plant and several miles from any extraction site, is where its trucks get their oil changed and their brakes fixed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Amazon now controls roughly four out of every 10 dollars Americans spend online – more than four times the share of its nearest competitor.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

He ducked into the nearest bathroom and locked himself in a stall.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste