slightest
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"Now the slightest piece of information is being turned into intelligence reports, and officers are being deployed left, right and centre."
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Like other Swedish candies, they contain no gelatin, giving them a lightweight texture with the slightest sugary crunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
St. Clair simply calls him a “nuke,” one that might readily self-detonate at the slightest bruising of his self-image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Succession actor Jeremy Strong plays Zuckerberg as a "full-on villain", according to a review in the Hollywood Reporter, "stoically arguing that even the slightest gesture of responsibility is anathema where money is concerned".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The slightest opening for him to ask me again.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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