shortest

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Consider Wednesday’s outing: it was Ohtani’s shortest start of the season, five innings and 88 pitches of what Roberts and Ohtani agreed was a “grind.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Greenland is on the shortest route for missiles between Russia and the United States.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

However, in two games' time, United's shortest season in living memory in terms of matches will come to an end and judgement will come shortly after that.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Dubai crude, which is in shortest supply, already topped $150 last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“I don’t know, Tim, if it snows we ought to go the shortest way home, but I don’t like going back through Ridgebury.”

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier