nearest

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For the stocks listed in this table, that would mean buying the straddles expiring on June 12, or the next nearest date if that expiration date not exist for a particular stock.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

You can find your nearest polling place from the California secretary of state’s website here.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

If the chuyka goes off, bus drivers are supposed to stop, let their passengers out and direct them to the nearest shelter.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Its Emmett shop, more than a mile from the nearest coal-processing plant and several miles from any extraction site, is where its trucks get their oil changed and their brakes fixed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The towns nearest the volcano began selling souvenirs, like bumper stickers that read “Lava or Leave It,” and T-shirts that said “Mt. St. Helens, we lava you!”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone