short
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“The Long Goodbye” short film is an example of that.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Activists say that government agencies that help locate missing people are so short of staff and resources that searches are often delayed for months.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
But the results show he fell short of persuading enough Angelenos to make the runoff.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
They have each written short scripts and texts that will be used in performances and installations.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Sometimes that drives me to work even harder; other times, it fills me with panic to think I might fall short of what we both expect from me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing short
Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 8-10
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