jowl
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Ruoff’s team has already used it to make diamond films composed of thousands of tiny crystals packed cheek by jowl.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024
"We live teeth by jowl with a much bigger country that speaks a language that is a global language," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023
Fans pack in cheek by jowl well before the first pitch and long after the final out.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022
He was also in a perpetual state of disgust: The orders coming down, as officers worked cheek by jowl with thousands of National Guard members on the premises, seemed chaotic.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022
The cockpit was oppressively cramped, forcing pilot and copilot to live cheek by jowl for missions as long as sixteen hours.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing jowl
The Odyssey
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The Grapes of Wrath
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