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How to use the word close in a Sentence? Page #9

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This night – people yell, 'Close the gate!’and she runs to grab the gate to close it to keep the horse from running out and running over people or different things is what we are pretty sure was in her mind, and when she did, instead of the horse stopping, it ran through the gate and the impact and the force of a 1,400-pound horse as it comes through at 30 plus miles per hour – the gate came across and hit her and that is what did the damage.

Heath Chadwick

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's been a good test to see what these cars are about and the physicality differences to an IndyCar, it's a goal of mine and has been for a while. There's been instances where I've been close. But what's going on with this, it's just getting seat time. I wanted to see what these cars are all about and luckily McLaren gave me a chance.

Colton Herta

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2 years ago

When you use the term reparations, we would like for it to be associated with the full repair of human beings, to close the racial income gap, housing can only be a portion of it, maybe a silo of it.

Rose Cannon

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's a very attritional struggle, it's a struggle between two armies, both of whom have taken huge losses and are very close to exhaustion.

Justin Bronk

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This tragedy hits close to home, and many in our school community have been affected by it, no words can capture the heartbreak and sadness we feel.

Rabbi Benzion Korf

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2 years ago

I had a grudge against a particular religious group, and I thought Shinzo Abe had a close relationship with this group, my mother got into a group and made a large donation and my family life was messed up.

Tetsuya Yamagami

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We're hoping that a commitment to transparency and openness to a range of views can help close that gap over time.

Ben Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Everyone May Have A Different Source Of Inner Strength, Keep Close To Yours.

Nidhi Aggarwal

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2 years ago

Going to Nebraska is as close as going to Iowa without actually stepping foot in the state, it’s hard to know for sure his motivation, but it seems like he’s at least exploring or heavily flirting with the idea of a run.

Brendan Steinhauser

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Those were really tough years, i could relate to a lot of those storylines like the alcoholism and postpartum depression. They hit close to home.

Earth Day

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2 years ago

They are all in close proximity to the fire department and the police department.

Mike Boehmer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We expect and think it's appropriate for regulators to take a close look at this acquisition, we have been clear about how we plan to run our gaming business and why we believe the deal will benefit gamers, developers, and the industry.

Lisa Tanzi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You know what ? I never say never to anything, so I don't know. I'm never gon na close the door, Corey and I have such a great relationship and we're having so much fun and we've been together for a really long time. And we're having a great time.

Kourtney Kardashian

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Deputy Countryman Jr.’s heroic efforts have made Atlanta news and we could not be more proud, we are so thankful that these two children were saved and that Deputy Countryman Jr. was close by. His quick-thinking and ability to remain calm under pressure is to be commended. Job well done!

Muscogee County Sheriff

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Today, we are being criticized for being the only country in the world to support Russia in its fight against Nazism. We support and will continue to support Russia, and those who criticize us, do they not know that we have such a close union with the Russian Federation ?

Mikhail Klimentyev

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Latin American church has a long history of being close to the people. If we go over the episcopal conferences — the first one at Medellín, then Puebla, Santo Domingo and Aparecida — they were always in dialogue with the people of God, and that really helped. It is a popular church in the real sense of the word. It is a church of the people of God.

Pope Francis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I just let him stay close enough to pressure me there while we had decent tires and never could get enough of a gap, made a couple mistakes. I was gaining a gap there a couple times and made a couple mistakes and let him get back close enough to get me out of sync, and then after that just started struggling.

Chase Elliott

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

ONGC share price is likely to close at Rs.120-121 today. Retail investors should continue to sell all their stocks and then only market will start rising else keep seeing lower level each day until 1st Nov 2022

Lakshheish M Patel

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2 years ago

Things started getting really bad when I started doing cocaine, i started doing ecstasy and really heavy drugs. I came so close to overdosing and just being on the brink of losing my life so many times. But when you’re entangled in addiction, you just don’t care about your life. You’re already in so much pain at that point that you start to not even care if you lose it.

Cristina Baker

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We laughed Dave Coulier tails off. Dave Coulier had such a good time that Dave Coulier still talk about the stories when Dave Coulier get together, dave Coulier are very close. We are a very — it is almost insane that a TV show becomes a real family. But Dave Coulier did. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.

Candace Cameron Bure

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2 years ago

Based on genetic analysis, we know that P1 mated with P6, his daughter – that was the first case we documented of this very close inbreeding.

Seth Riley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What I'm going to be looking for is whether this really has an impact on Democratic commitment to vote, this would help, but it doesn't close the gap.

Larry Sabato

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The shops of youtubers who have lakhs of bought out fake subscribers and have become millionaire by fooling stock market investors should close down this month itself.

Lakshheish M Patel

added by laksheispatel
2 years ago

He changed his return position, that's why I did it. He was standing very close to return [initially], he was struggling a little bit on the first-serve return. So he stepped probably two meters further back. As soon as I saw him step further back, I threw the underarm serve in.

Andy Murray

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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