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close range

NOUN
close quarters
Synonyms
WEAK
grips place of confinement
NOUN
stone's throw
Synonyms
WEAK
earshot eyeshot holler near next door not far shouting distance spitting distance

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Brocklebank powered over from close range for his first ever Prem try but Scotland international Jordan waltzed through a gap in the Red Bulls defence minutes after.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

When the team replaced the black object with a white one and added carbon dioxide, mosquitoes were able to locate the source, but only at close range.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Some of the pressure may have eased now that the US has relative freedom to carry out strikes at close range.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

In fact, the only bone I’ve ever broken is my thumb, in tenth grade, when a friend kicked a soccer ball into my hand at close range.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

And we were forced to look at him at close range.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel