shortest

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In Mr. DeSantis’ case, you could also call it the “I’m Not the Shortest Person in the World” tour.

From Washington Times • May 1, 2023

Shortest trip to the municipal pool on record.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2020

Campaign biographies, even those, such as Pete Buttigieg’s “The Shortest Way Home,” that were actually written by the candidate, are even less inviting and less inspiring.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2020

“That’s what’s so eerie looking back,” said James Hawes, a historian and author of The Shortest History of Germany.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2018

Brinker Hadley could compose his Shortest War Poem Ever Written The War Is a bore if he wanted to, but all of us had to take stronger action than that.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles