Twitter -- the closest thing to an instant barometer of public opinion -- exploded with reaction.
The Braves have, by design, developed the closest thing in baseball to a boom-or-bust offense.
The company claims it offers the closest thing on the market to a real human hand.
In his eyes, Roddenbury was the closest thing you get in television to a philosopher.
In Singapore, the closest thing to a magical moniker is a connection to a big company.
But make no mistake: the Steelers are the closest thing football has now to the Yankees.
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Fashion remains the closest thing most people get to making art, as they construct an image.
"He was the closest thing to a living, breathing zeitgeist I ever met, " said Mr. Longo.
He's the closest thing imaginable to that staple of modern myth, the horse whisperer.
The bill has now been kicked into a standing committee, parliament's closest thing to oblivion.
An inkjet printer was apparently the closest thing to hand, a gleeful Tory peer tells me.
Actually the closest thing to a big box-office winner among the nominees is Juno, from News Corp.
The Tea Party Patriots is the closest thing that MoveOn has to a counterpart on the right.
The closest thing I have to a family is you, but you hold on to the secret.
Since South Africa is the closest thing Africa has to a superpower, Mr Mbeki's views should carry weight.
The closest thing mutual fund investment companies have devised to do all that is the multi-asset portfolio product.
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Even when Obama did produce a budget, it was the closest thing to a non-entity as could be imagined.
The closest thing--at least in looks--to the pod-like vehicle George piloted is another product of 1961: the Ford Gyron.
Permanently cutting capital income taxes is the closest thing to an economic free lunch that policy makers can offer.
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Silver Lake is the closest thing to a technology-oriented buyout firm out there.
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As Nigel Lawson put it: the NHS is the closest thing the British people have to a national religion.
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The closest thing we have in the UK is Salisbury Plain (in Wiltshire) which is just not big enough.
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"He's the closest thing to a perfect human being that I've ever met, " says Fisher, without a trace of irony.
Just one generation ago the closest thing to an iPod was a Sony Walkman hooked up to an IBM mainframe computer.
Having given up on the single-payer system, liberals resist breaking up the employer-provided model because it represents the next closest thing.
This piece of Key Largo real estate may be the closest thing to a swaying palm and white sand island.
The Kyoto Protocol, despite its shortcomings, is the closest thing to an effective international treaty that has emerged from U.N. climate talks.
Miyamoto is the closest thing there is to an autobiographical game creator.
Think of Cordonnier as the closest thing to an on-site private chef.
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