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
During this year's Women's Premier League, where she led Mumbai to the title, I was fortunate to watch her at close quarters.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025
Do you live in an apartment building or close quarters with your neighbors?
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025
In the close quarters of an American nuclear family, their mother's prodigious energy was becoming a real drain on their self-determination.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
