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Example Sentences
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Arda Guler came close with a vicious shot that flew just over.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
Gemma said Morgan and Judith were "very close" with a shared a love for music, having both played the guitar: "She idolised him, he was her blue-eyed boy."
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
In an interview published Friday, O’Brien said he and his wife were very close with the couple, describing them as “just such lovely people.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
They noted that Walden was close with Iger, her neighbor in Los Angeles’s wealthy Brentwood neighborhood and a fellow veteran of the television industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
How this guy had got so close with none of them noticing, Nico didn’t understand.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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