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His setting is the Rocky Mountain West in the early twentieth century, a time and place when manual labor predominated (not by accident is the main character in each story a master of some physical task: logging, packing, fishing) and most people lived cheek by jowl with nature.
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Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
These shops service roughly one million residents living cheek by jowl in cramped buildings and narrow alleys.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 June 2024
One affected area is the city’s trendy Noe Valley district, where classic Victorian-style homes have sat cheek by jowl for decades, with no great insurance problems.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Mormons don’t like their temples living cheek by jowl with other buildings.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
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Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
These shops service roughly one million residents living cheek by jowl in cramped buildings and narrow alleys.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 June 2024
One affected area is the city’s trendy Noe Valley district, where classic Victorian-style homes have sat cheek by jowl for decades, with no great insurance problems.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Mormons don’t like their temples living cheek by jowl with other buildings.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for cheek by jowl
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“Cheek by jowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheek%20by%20jowl. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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