be near
Example Sentences
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When President Trump and Xi Jinping sit down in Washington on Thursday, Taiwan will be near the top of the Chinese leader’s agenda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
But one doesn’t have to be near the desert to hear the dissonance.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
The 64-year-old retired nurse put the house up for sale three years after her husband died and bought a new home 200 miles away to be near her sisters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
And they need to be near rough ground that offers habitat for the small rodents they hunt.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
No, a permanent site has to be near a city big enough to mop them up.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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