at close quarters
Example Sentences
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A couple of small groups would walk alongside MPs as they tried to move around the tiny SW1 postcode, hurling abuse and accusations at close quarters and recording them on their phones.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024
Vazquez responded in round two with some clean head shots that Cordina absorbed, with the Welshman seemingly eager to engage Vazquez at close quarters.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2023
The account highlights the preferred tactic of Burhan's opponent General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, namely fighting at close quarters and playing to the strengths of his RSF.
From Reuters • May 10, 2023
And I had wondered how it would feel to be back — at close quarters, with no masking or vaccine requirements — at the big top again.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022
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
