short
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He was alone, in constant pain, short on sleep, relentlessly targeted by the Russians, and with no human contact bar the electronic crackling of his radio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
One email to parents seen by BBC News NI said that the data breach had "resulted in unauthorised access to personal information held within the service for a very short period of time".
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
This method examines short, standardized sections of DNA and compares them with reference sequences from known species.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Phillips caught a bad break when her approach to the green hit a tree branch on its upward flight and dropped 20 yards short of the green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
‘A half-grown boy who knows nothing! Yet you ask me to believe that he is the only one who can -‘ He stopped short, shaking his head.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
At a time when many people’s taste is shaped by YouTube videos, TikTok shorts and Instagram posts, companies hire influencers and deploy sophisticated social-media and marketing campaigns to gain a measure of notice from consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Next, the roles were reversed: Senegalese wrestlers put on traditional burlap shorts to try their hand at Swiss wrestling, with the Swiss avenging their earlier defeat.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
He highlighted how exaggerated some moves were in the most popular hedge fund longs and shorts and pointed to it being the second-most volatile day of the year for this class of stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
His shorts hang just below his knees, his hair is a bit messy and his boots climb up his calf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
He’s wearing shorts and his knees look scuffed.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Instead of traveling together across broad regions, the waves become more scattered and cover shorter distances.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Earlier, Wong's lawyer argued for a shorter sentence of three to 10 years, citing time already served.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
There’s no assurance that the average Dividend Aristocrat will beat the S&P 500 over shorter horizons.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
However, there will be a shorter qualifying period of five years for certain groups, including:
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The pony was a little shorter than Stacy.
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
How to find the shortest line at your nearest polling or voter center on election day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
“Customers are unwilling to make commitments to anything other than the shortest term due to the vast uncertainty.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Determining the exact shortest distances across a massive network can consume enormous amounts of computing time and memory.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
At 5-foot-4 and 115 pounds, Sedran remains the shortest player ever inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
And Hickock, he laughs and says, ‘No. The shortest.’
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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