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Or the end of the Anthropocene might be nigher than you think.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2022

“That’s nigher where it is,” said Joe; “she ain’t living.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The sea was smooth, the weather clear; When they approached nigher, 75 King Ida's castle they well knew, And the banks of Bambroughshire.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

We be fast set at trump, man, hard by the fire; Thou shalt set on the king, if thou come a little nigher.

From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Art, Mr. S. Mr. of

Heed not the starveling crew, who hang Upon the blue Ohio, A craven heart each traitor bears, And dare not venture nigher.

From Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 by Anonymous