on the inside
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After the magnetic locks snapped shut, no one on the inside could get out and no one on the outside could get in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Solving that mystery may depend on something scientists still know surprisingly little about: what Phobos looks like on the inside.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
That slowed his exit, and left him vulnerable to Piastri, who attacked on the inside into Parabolica.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
He put one on the inside edge of the plate to Milwaukee’s Garrett Mitchell, who lined it into right field to dissolve the Dodgers’ lead in the ninth inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s dark blue on the outside, cream and brown on the inside, and has my sleeping bag and pillows and a radio I’d listen to as I went to sleep at night.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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