spitting distance

Example Sentences

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“The near-term forecast remains positive for gold as it is closing in on its October record, now just a spitting distance away,” the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Longtime Idahoans might remember a time before the state’s population blew up and brought so many new residents within spitting distance of the Owyhees.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

“I am a staunch believer that if you are within spitting distance of a tribe that you should be engaged in outreach to the tribe,” she said.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2024

With the 1980-set family drama “Armageddon Time,” Gray moves the action back not just to his native Flushing, Queens, but within spitting distance of the house where he grew up.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Up there on a branch, barely spitting distance away, little sparrows rested dry and warm, having food brought to them in the comfort of a nest built by their mother.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen