close quarters
Example Sentences
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Infections are a risk on cruises given the close quarters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Mpox is unlikely to spread through casual contact, or in close quarters like on a plane or in an office or store, state health officials say.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
“Anytime you have a gathering of kids in close quarters, you risk sharing germs,” says Elizabeth Murray, a pediatrician in Rochester, New York.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026
Many remembrances circulating since Reiner’s shocking murder cite the significance of Meathead and Archie Bunker’s commitment to coexist, however uncomfortable that was in such close quarters.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025
It certainly comes out, living in such close quarters with people, which ones are only looking out for themselves and which ones are thinking about the whole group.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
