shortest

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And he has led winger Cole Caufield, Montreal’s shortest player at 5-foot-8, from the fringes of the roster to a breakout 2025-26 season.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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

The time the Artemis II crew have spent up there will be amongst the shortest.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

He had smashed a world record in the shortest of sprints, one half mile, yet had the stamina to run in track record time at one and five-eighths miles.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand