close at hand

As days, weeks and months passed, he repeatedly said that an agreement to end the conflict was close at hand and that Iran was already defeated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Once inside her childhood home, Annie was frightened by what she found—her mother’s purse and iPhone, items Nancy always kept close at hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Ben Earl and Freeman were both close to claiming clever kicks ahead with the tryline close at hand, with Jack van Poortvliet bringing some of the zip that was sorely absent in Johannesburg.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

First, don’t trade too much; second, only buy losers when you are confident that a market bottom is close at hand and a big recovery will follow.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

For when the maple sap began to run it meant that warmer days, pleasant sun, all the beauties of spring were close at hand.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich