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Troops live and work in close quarters, where influenza can spread quickly and sideline otherwise healthy service members, said Riccardi.
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Working from his own screenplay, Cronin barrels over the gaping plot holes — a doctor might have some thoughts here — and gets to the good stuff with the family at home in squirm-inducing close quarters, a live-in demon resting in her bedroom.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Cruise ships, nursing homes, daycare centers and schools are common breeding grounds for norovirus — basically, anywhere large numbers of people are packed in close quarters, the CDC reported.
—Don Sweeney
april 14, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Hitchcock offers a solid condemnation of paranoid English nationalism on the brink of war, all under the guise of a compelling whodunit in one of the director's trademark locations, keeping all suspects in close quarters (and the true killer even closer).
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Working from his own screenplay, Cronin barrels over the gaping plot holes — a doctor might have some thoughts here — and gets to the good stuff with the family at home in squirm-inducing close quarters, a live-in demon resting in her bedroom.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Cruise ships, nursing homes, daycare centers and schools are common breeding grounds for norovirus — basically, anywhere large numbers of people are packed in close quarters, the CDC reported.
—Don Sweeney
april 14, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Hitchcock offers a solid condemnation of paranoid English nationalism on the brink of war, all under the guise of a compelling whodunit in one of the director's trademark locations, keeping all suspects in close quarters (and the true killer even closer).
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Close quarters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/close%20quarters. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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