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• If your stomach is growling close to bedtime, Dr. Burkhart recommends eating something light and easy to digest, like a banana with soy milk or even a small amount of soup.
  — Caroline Tien, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
• The recovering alcoholic had come dangerously close to relapsing at that same bar on the same night, ordering a drink and staring at it for an hour before leaving without taking a sip.
  — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
• Fans are close to the action, have fun and the price is right.
  — Jim Varsallone, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
• Push your feet through the floor and pull the weight up, keeping the bar close to your body.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 15 June 2023
• This is close to the approach that the CDC used before 2003.
  — Lyman R. Stone, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
• Getting close to the actual price was the name of the game.
  — Christopher Watson, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2023
• Great for all those dress codes that aren't black tie, but close to.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• Cut as close to the base of the leaf without disrupting the roots.
  — Karla Marie Sanford, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
• The runtime is just over three hours on low and close to two hours on high.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2024
• Your plants are much too close to the building and each other to grow well.
  — oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2023
• In March 2023, whale watchers saw one close to shore near Pt.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
• The footage shows someone pulling a gun close to Atiq Ahmad’s head.
  — Biswajeet Banerjee, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
• On Saturday the high will be close to 91 degrees and the low will be near 58.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
• All but one of the Golden Eagles' field goals came from close to the basket.
  — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• Base layers should fit close to the body, but not overly tight.
  — Marisa Petrarca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2024
• For close to two decades, she's made a mark as a standout host and reporter for NPR.
  — James Brown, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
• Those of us who are close to them couldn’t be happier for her.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
• These days, Richie's all about sharing what she's learned about what works — and what doesn't — with those close to her.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
• Her body was found close to his relative’s house in Gary.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
• Buttigieg said the White House was close to naming a new nominee.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 21 July 2023
• The world is awash in rice with global stockpiles at close to record levels.
  — Napat Kongsawad, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
• Over the past year, value in Tesla's stock has fallen close to 50%.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 24 Apr. 2023
• Kay is close to Matthew and his family Despite the ups and downs over the years, Kay and her son share a very close bond.
  — Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
• His five Pro Bowls (compared to seven) and two first-team All-Pros (compared to three) are close to the mean.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
• The key is aiming to get a price that's as close to the current spot price as possible, Kristof said.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
• Kaplan warned that Trump was close to crossing a line; Tacopina promised to ask his client to stop posting about the case.
  — Shayna Jacobs, Kim Bellware and Mark Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
• The issue hit close to home for Lisa as her own brother Mark died by suicide in April 2018.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
• Harvest the new green shoots with scissors by cutting close to the soil level.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2024
• The vacuum missed some spots while cleaning close to the edge of a low piece of furniture.
  — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• The waves, some of them chest high, were breaking uncomfortably close to shore.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024