1
as in came
to come near or nearer
as the hour of his death was nighing
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2
as in approached
to move closer to
as the old man was nighing his hour of death
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nighed
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025 -
All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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Worrell was approached by his colleagues to be Council president last term, but didn’t actively pursue the role, instead opting to throw his support behind Louijeune, a City Hall source told the Herald.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Officers stopped the pursuit for safety reasons as the car approached 7th Avenue.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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To determine the rankings, GOBankingRates drew on data from several sources, including Zillow, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Federal Reserve, and weighted the rankings to produce an overall score that reflects both affordability and livability.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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Lockhart said Patterson’s paintings drew on her experiences on visits to Ireland’s Aran Islands between 1960 and 1989 and captured the quiet moments of individual lives.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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One year later, Witney competed on season 21 as Bindi Irwin entered the ballroom and won the show again alongside judge Derek Hough.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Retraced, a digital platform for supply chain transparency and compliance, has entered a strategic partnership with Db Journey as the Scandinavian luggage label braces for Europe’s digital product passport era.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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The prototype — designed, like the Miura, by Gandini — first appeared at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, an impossible doorstop of a spaceship with a roofline that barely came up to the waists of the go-go-boot-wearing models who posed alongside it.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lipovsky and Stein came up through the world of children’s TV, before earning Hollywood attention thanks to their 2018 cult hit Freaks, which was their own take on the superhero genre.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Qianlong Garden was closed for nearly a century.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Eastern Time Tuesday, just over half an hour after polls closed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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But a quagmire of launch delays, changes to mission plans and other quirks of timing left the orbiters without a ride when the last Mars transfer window closed in late 2024.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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By Bay City News All lanes of Interstate Highway 80 were reopened in Fairfield on Saturday morning after being closed in the eastbound direction, according to the California Highway Patrol.—
Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Nighed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nighed. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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