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closeness

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Little was drawn to the skin-to-skin closeness she could maintain with her baby throughout the night, and the ease of breastfeeding him without getting up.

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But they can be ahead of others at realizing that deep satisfaction comes from building a closeness with spouses and children.

His closeness to Sir Keir - as a seasoned political operator to a relatively inexperienced prime minister - means he can be seen as "proxy" for the PM.

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Sharing the screen with A-listers they’ve grown up watching on screen was shocking at first, but then grew to feel a genuine closeness.

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In a picturesque town on the US-Canada border, workers under dark clouds were building a new entrance for Canadians into a library to replace one that had long symbolized bilateral closeness.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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