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close feeling



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The Irish poet’s work was rooted in a close feeling for the local—but reached out to embrace a world of readers.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

“We haven’t had that close feeling with the community for more than two years now. It feels like we’ve all become more distant and polarized.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 2, 2022

Their unusually close feeling of community was formed in the splendid isolation of Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains.

From Washington Post Nov. 20, 2011

Maybe this close feeling was a gift for growing older.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

I crept close, feeling unspeakably mean; I got my Turkish penny ready, and was extending a trembling hand to make the nefarious exchange, when I heard a cough behind me.

From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 by Twain, Mark




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