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How to use the word CLOSE in a Sentence? Page #3

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We are particularly concerned because we have seen an uptick in serious close calls.

Pete Buttigieg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My brother and his two children were asleep when the water came. I live close to them, and I tried to shout for them to come out, they came out and stood at a rock which was at a higher place, but moments later they were all washed away.

Sarah Chinangwa

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They had already thought they’d paid my fees up to the fourth year with two more years to go. But now, they have to pay for extra three to four years of school fees, so it’s like they are starting all over again. It feels like when they were close to the final point, everything came crashing.

Oyindamola Morenikeji

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Uncertainty about how high rates will go and how long they will remain elevated makes it challenging for investors to make well-informed decisions, therefore, it’s crucial to keep a close eye on the latest developments from the Federal Reserve.

Jiayi Xu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The large increase to 1.7 million [in January] brings them closer to the pre-pandemic average of 1.9 million and suggests that the period of unprecedented job security for American workers is coming to a close.

Julia Pollak

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1 year ago

You must remember our immune defense has been developed in close contact with microbiological surroundings, if there is a virus hidden in the permafrost that we have not been in contact with for thousands of years, it might be that our immune defense is not sufficient.

Birgitta Evengård

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What is a little more interesting now, and also visible tonight and this week, are the close and prominent positioning of Venus and Jupiter in the western sky right after sunset, the astronomical word for this is ‘conjunction.’ These planets will be setting as the moon is rising, so they are only visible for about an hour at sunset, near the western horizon.

Mike Hankey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That is really close, far too close, it’s a big concern for us.

Jennifer Homendy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

How close is a hospital really connected to an academic medical center that knows the latest and greatest surgical procedures? Do they have the technology to be able to do some really innovative and safe work? looking into ways at the hospital level that we can address these disparities, I think, is going to be important.

Utibe Essien

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The structural racism may at least partially explain our findings. For example, Black patients living in neighborhoods with predominantly Black residents tend to live close to hospitals that lack resources to provide high quality healthcare, it is possible that Black men in particular face especially high cumulative amounts of stress and allostatic load, which refers to the cumulative burden of chronic stress and life events, potentially leading to a higher death rate after surgery among this population.

Yusuke Tsugawa

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ve made clear over many, many months that we were prepared to engage with North Korea without any preconditions. The response from North Korea has been missile launch after missile launch, we have been very clear that our commitment to the security of our close allies and partners – South Korea and Japan – is ironclad. And beyond making that clear, we have been working very closely together in full coordination to take appropriate steps to strengthen even more our deterrence and defense capacity.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Secretariat continuously keeps its cybersecurity measures under review in close cooperation with the other EU institutions. this measure aims to protect the Commission against cybersecurity threats and actions which may be exploited for cyber-attacks against the corporate environment of the Commission.

European Commission

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It pains me a little bit to acknowledge that there are disabled veterans … who are experiencing homelessness who don’t currently qualify to come into this building, it’s a little incongruent that our veterans who are the most disabled and will most benefit by being on this land close to the hospital, can’t get into these buildings and we’re gonna change that.

Steven Braverman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This legislation is part of our work to bring down the number of fatal overdoses and tackle the challenges driven by fentanyl head on, we will continue to work with our non-profits partners who are trying to open overdose prevention sites, fully implement our health strategies to help those struggling with addiction in our streets, and work with law enforcement to close the open-air drug markets.

London Breed

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I owe everything that I have in my entire life to my sobriety, i wouldn’t be doing this for a living anymore. I probably wouldn’t have the family that I have currently anymore. I came really close to losing everything that I cared about.

Chris Kirk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You know, we were there two hours after the train went down – two hours, i’ve spoken with every single major figure in both Pennsylvania and in Ohio, and so the idea that we’re not engaged is just simply not there. And initially, there was not a request for me to go out even before I was heading over to Kyiv, so I’m keeping very close tabs on it. We’re doing all we can.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There was a belief Russian production would be crimped. But its production is close to what it was a year ago.

Tom Kloza

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You could not be around him and not have a good time, were you close to Paul?

Joshua Boucher/The

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The situation in the Pyrenees is close to the lowest record of snow quantity for that time of year.

Simon Mittelberger

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You could not be around Paul-Paul( Paul Murdaugh) – you could not be around him and not have a good time, were you close to Paul ?

Alex Murdaugh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Russians are continuing to take a very close look at both the Soyuz and the Progress coolant leaks, they formed a state commission that is assessing the anomalies.

Dana Weigel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The fear of Russia going into NATO countries and all that, and steamrolling, that has not even come close to happening, i think they have shown themselves to be a third-rate military power.

Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Service in the zone of the special military operation – everyone understands this very well – is associated with colossal physical and psychological stress, with everyday risks to health and life, therefore, I consider it necessary to establish for the mobilized, in general for all military personnel, for all participants of the special military operation, including volunteers, regular leave lasting at least 14 days and at least once every six months, excluding travel time, so that each soldier has the opportunity to visit families, to be close to relatives and friends.

Getty Images

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1 year ago

I frequently went (abroad) until about 15 or 20 years ago, it doesn’t help that most of my friends have passed away. I plan on traveling domestically, maybe somewhere close by, if someone invites me.

Aki Fukuyama

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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