Nearest
Nearest adverb - (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Luckily Nanny Ogg, who's even more of a Combat Pragmatist than Esme, was ready with a Mundane Solution in the form of the nearest blunt instrument.
Source: Villainous B.S.O.D. - Just as they're ready to give up, they encounter a Prospector rover (and there are very few of them left) and hitch a ride to the nearest holding (the driver offers them a choice of Koman or Toth holding, and they go with the latter, as Troy knows he can't go home to Koman).
Source: Literature / Blindfold
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