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around the corner

ADJECTIVE
close
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adjacent convenient
STRONG
abutting adjoining approaching handy impending nearest neighboring nigh warm
WEAK
across the street at hand contiguous give or take a little hard by immediate imminent in spitting distance in the ball park near-at-hand nearly next proximate under one's nose
Antonyms
STRONGEST
distant far
STRONG
remote
WEAK
away far-off faraway

Example Sentences

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While it was good news for one pair, a very hot summer, and a disaster, was just around the corner for the other.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

In the live, as the members sit around a table of food with a Christmas tree in the background, talk turns to how 2025 is ending and the new year is around the corner.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Delmonico’s first opened around the corner from Wall Street in 1837.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Once the game started Jackson lived up to a nickname given to him because he runs everywhere, including out of his house in the mornings and around the corner to his nearby school.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Jonesy yells this to Nurse Finnegan, who comes around the corner right behind her.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell