close-by
Example Sentences
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A spokesperson for the Indian Air Force told Reuters that it will "deploy comprehensive measures for integrated aerospace defence in the Delhi and close-by areas."
From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023
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
“That’s actually probably made us want to move more than something like this,” Sarah Wilson, 45, said of the close-by wildfire flames.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2020
When I said I was a traveler they gave me a million ideas of where to go, though I don’t think any of them had been far from those close-by valleys themselves.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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