close-by
Example Sentences
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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 source added Chinese boats repeatedly "pressed" into the unofficial buffer, while Taiwan's navy stayed close-by to monitor the movements.
From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2022
Our downtown already offers close-by amenities, cultural assets and residential options.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
“That’s actually probably made us want to move more than something like this,” Sarah Wilson, 45, said of the close-by wildfire flames.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2020
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
