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cheek by jowl

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Juxtapositions between high and low, between the virtuous and the criminal, and these things existed cheek by jowl.

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Staff and residents sat cheek by jowl chatting to each other.

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Ruoff’s team has already used it to make diamond films composed of thousands of tiny crystals packed cheek by jowl.

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The threat to residents is magnified by the particular geography of Khartoum - its key strategic installations, which are being targeted, sit cheek by jowl with residential areas.

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“The houses are crammed in there, cheek by jowl,” he added.

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