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And a young woman, 19-year-old Daryna Kovalenko, held her little terrier, Tim, close upon arriving at Kyiv’s train station, after leaving her home in Chernihiv through a humanitarian corridor.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
First a radio station picked her up, then a Fargo dinner club, then the Benny Goodman Band, and solo records followed close upon.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2014
Now, in that cemetery in Padua, where they will lie forever, the Italian earth will close upon David Raikes and his fellow flyers.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2013
After the death of his mother in 1968, following close upon the death of his father, Mr. Selman moved into a small apartment in Greenwich Village with the help of an uncle, Murray Schaul.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2013
I added, that of course, when the time came, I should go with him, or should follow close upon him, as might be safest in Wemmick’s judgment.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
