Mid and Nearest

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Mid adjective - Occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes.

Usage example: her mid molar will have to be extracted and replaced by a bridge

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Nearest and mid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nearest" instead an adjective "Mid".

Nearest adverb - (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance.

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Mid and nearest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mid" instead an adjective "Nearest".

Not exactly "fun," but in an old Mickey Mouse comic, Mickey and a sword-toting foe realized in mid-fight that they had each taken severe Clothing Damage (sufficient for us to tell that Mickey isn't anatomically correct.) They stood still in shock for a moment, then rushed to the nearest two barrels.

Source: Mid-Battle Tea Break
This is especially the case if your character cannot adequately attack or defend themselves in mid-air, or can be easily smacked out of the sky into the nearest pool of molten lava or Bottomless Pit.

Source: Video Game Flight

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