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[klohs-uhp] / ˈkloʊsˌʌp /












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Seated near the stage at the Los Angeles Convention Center, a camera feeding close-up images of her face to several screens, Carey appeared genuinely surprised by an auctioneer’s description of the backstage hangout in which she’d be expected to participate next month.

From Los Angeles Times

But this week the first lady is preparing for her close-up.

From Los Angeles Times

By the time they won the Super Bowl after the 2021 season, he was so enamored with the team, he attended the championship parade and climbed through a hole in the fence to get a close-up view of his favorite players.

From Los Angeles Times

The schlocky dystopian action thriller “Mercy” touts itself as having been “filmed for Imax,” but that’s not such a selling point when almost the entire film is a dim close-up of Chris Pratt strapped to a chair.

From Los Angeles Times

She’d never seen one this close-up.

From Literature