jowl

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Staff and residents sat cheek by jowl chatting to each other.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025

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

For newcomers, signature dishes include beef brisket and boneless short ribs; for those more adventurous, order the beef tongue and pork jowl.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022

Commuters and touring passengers with cameras around their necks sometimes sat cheek by jowl, taking in the sights of flashing neon billboards, junk boats and shard-like skyscrapers rising toward Victoria Peak.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Factories making cameras, computers, watches, umbrellas, and T-shirts stand cheek by jowl with densely packed blocks of apartment buildings and fields of banana and mango trees, sugarcane, papaya, and pineapple destined for the export market.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell