closest

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The next closest candidate there was Adam Miller at 14%.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Wixams is the Thameslink line stop closest to the resort, but there is also a planned East West Rail station at Stewartby, expected to open in the early 2030s.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The third-placed candidate Paloma Valencia, a conservative, has thrown her support behind the right-wing showman, putting him in pole position to become the next president of one of Washington's closest South American allies.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The book is the first accounting of the Biden administration from the person closest to the president himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

I figure this is the closest she’s ever seen me to a girl—you know, a girl that’s not her.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer