close-by
Example Sentences
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Locals have taken to praying by the sports center in the close-by city of Crotone, where coffins sit, waiting for burial.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023
Other close-by trails wend past waterfalls, huge Douglas fir trees in this Valley of the Giants and what’s been called the world’s largest Sitka spruce.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2023
“The most intense area of drought is centered in northern Montgomery and Frederick Counties, Md., with a very strong gradient seen to very wet areas in close-by D.C.,”
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022
The source added Chinese boats repeatedly "pressed" into the unofficial buffer, while Taiwan's navy stayed close-by to monitor the movements.
From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2022
But you get used to close-by beauty, and Constanza was different, like the picture of a faraway place on a puzzle you hurry to put together.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
