Examples of near at hand in a Sentence
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But one obvious answer is that attention is a limited resource, and its apportionment to Iran and Hezbollah, in preference to Hamas and the Palestinian issue near at hand, mirrored Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s worldview.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Part of what startled Fitzgerald’s generation about their studio experience was how near at hand the real bad guys could be.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Sammie is the son of a preacher named Jedidiah (Saul Williams), who disapproves of his music, warning him that the Devil is near at hand.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
And a starkly apocalyptic interpretation of the New Testament is always near at hand.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
By some estimates, the risks to the housing market are very near at hand.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
Often, the reprisals would be meted out on prisoners of war, who were near at hand and could easily be killed.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Sobriety requires honesty: neither a battlefield victory for Ukraine nor negotiations in which Kyiv starts from a strong position are near at hand.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
So with thousands of missiles raining down, the devastation and the danger are near at hand.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Part of what startled Fitzgerald’s generation about their studio experience was how near at hand the real bad guys could be.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Sammie is the son of a preacher named Jedidiah (Saul Williams), who disapproves of his music, warning him that the Devil is near at hand.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
And a starkly apocalyptic interpretation of the New Testament is always near at hand.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
By some estimates, the risks to the housing market are very near at hand.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
Often, the reprisals would be meted out on prisoners of war, who were near at hand and could easily be killed.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Sobriety requires honesty: neither a battlefield victory for Ukraine nor negotiations in which Kyiv starts from a strong position are near at hand.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
So with thousands of missiles raining down, the devastation and the danger are near at hand.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023
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“Near at hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/near%20at%20hand. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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