close range
Example Sentences
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Trump later told reporters that one Secret Service agent was shot at very close range, but was saved by his bullet-proof vest.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
The proximity has prompted a spate of British media reports about security in the area and the potential for Iran to have monitored consular activities from close range.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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
And yet at close range their faces showed the tension.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
