close-by
Example Sentences
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A spokesperson for the Indian Air Force told Reuters that it will "deploy comprehensive measures for integrated aerospace defence in the Delhi and close-by areas."
From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023
Locals have taken to praying by the sports center in the close-by city of Crotone, where coffins sit, waiting for burial.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023
“The most intense area of drought is centered in northern Montgomery and Frederick Counties, Md., with a very strong gradient seen to very wet areas in close-by D.C.,”
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022
The beach is down a steep embankment with only one close-by neighbor, who Rivera says was fine with the decomposition plan.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2019
But you get used to close-by beauty, and Constanza was different, like the picture of a faraway place on a puzzle you hurry to put together.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
