close quarters
Example Sentences
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In Minneapolis, those officers are walking and driving through the largely residential city looking for people to arrest—and coming into close quarters with angry and organized residents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
“Anytime you have a gathering of kids in close quarters, you risk sharing germs,” says Elizabeth Murray, a pediatrician in Rochester, New York.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026
The post-match operation was observed at close quarters by Newcastle stewards and senior staff.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
And they have to play in these close quarters; it was a very close kind of set.
From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025
His goal was to expose them at close quarters to the charismatic energy of his protege Ernest Lawrence, and he was surely successful at finalizing their approval for the cyclotron grant.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
