close range
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However, Canada - who had earlier had a brilliant solo effort from Asia Hogan-Rochester chalked off for a forward pass - hit back on the stroke of half-time when Menin crashed over from close range.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The frigate had fired "two flares towards the helicopter. One of the flares passed at close range to the helicopter," it added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The maneuver also gave the spacecraft a rare chance to observe Deimos from close range.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Bold Coast Charter’s trips allow participants to land on an island and spend a couple of hours in blinds to see and photograph at close range puffins gathered on rocks above their nesting burrows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
At close range, and with his choppers showing, I could see he hadn’t seen a toothbrush in quite some time, perhaps maybe never.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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