How to Use in close proximity to in a Sentence

in close proximity to

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  • The assailant fired about five shots in close proximity to the head of a man who walked out of the pizza shop.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
  • In the car, police found three cans of beer missing from a six-pack that was in close proximity to the driver.
    cleveland, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The driver had an open bottle of liquor in one hand, and a gun concealed in close proximity to his other hand.
    cleveland, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Parking on the street is not an option since loading small children is done daily in close proximity to the home.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2022
  • Residents and media gathered at a local park in close proximity to the school.
    Time, 22 Dec. 2022
  • On Friday, for example, the planet will still be in close proximity to the moon.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 21 Oct. 2021
  • At one point, at least nine police officers were seen in close proximity to Chansley, and none of them slowed him down.
    Fox News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Except for the Grand Ole Opry, all are downtown in close proximity to each other.
    Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Police next saw a Kia vehicle with a shattered rear window in a driveway in close proximity to the Hyundai.
    cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The primary way the virus spreads is via respiratory droplets between people who are in close proximity to each other.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 July 2022
  • The vehicles were not in close proximity to one another, however.
    Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Flynn said light poles on bridges and in close proximity to the ocean should be prioritized due to deterioration caused by salt water and sea air.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • There are five wineries in close proximity to each other (and within an hour of Zion National Park).
    Rebecca Treon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The Jones and Hunt families live in close proximity to each other in Highland Park.
    Dallas News, 17 June 2022
  • Keeys said there are no shelters in close proximity to the neighborhood, leaving residents with nowhere to go if their homes are uninhabitable.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Both men have to work out how to live their ordinary, everyday lives in close proximity to inconceivably colossal cruelty.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 July 2022
  • Rocket Lab is setting up a manufacturing complex in close proximity to the launch pad at Wallops.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Scheduled for construction on the Belle Oaks site, in close proximity to Marrus Lane homes, are apartments and a garage.
    cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The researchers mapped the earliest cases that had no connection to the market, Worobey noted, and those people lived or worked in close proximity to the market.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • No selfie, high score in Candy Crush, or Strava upload is worth saving, if doing so places you in close proximity to human poop or magma.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 12 July 2022
  • The scope of the damage suggested that arms and artillery were being stored in close proximity to where the soldiers were being housed, the ministry said in its daily briefing on Wednesday.
    Rhoda Kwan, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Disney and Fox were among the majority of studios that instituted a vaccine mandate for cast in addition to crewmembers who are in close proximity to them.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2022
  • The algorithm would then determine where each amino acid was in close proximity to the target and then use the earlier result to pick which amino acid would have the strongest interactions at that location.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2022
  • While searching for the victim’s vehicle, patrol officers observed the victim’s vehicle in close proximity to the Marathon.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Newsom’s plan, a draft rule expected to be issued Thursday by state oil regulators, would not stop drilling at numerous oil wells already in close proximity to homes and other structures.
    Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
  • For this reason, Dowd recommends limiting the amount of time that unvaccinated kids spend in close proximity to their more vulnerable loved ones, such as their grandparents.
    Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2021
  • At the time, Jade Chastang and a group of her friends were in close proximity to a deadly shooting that was occurring within the 200 block of Dauphin Street.
    al, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Using a suit that could mimic her husband’s powers when in close proximity to him, MJ joined her husband and daughter as Spinneret, making crime-fighting a family affair.
    Richard Newby, Vulture, 12 June 2023
  • Though the researchers could clearly see sharks and humans in close proximity to one another in the footage, the humans likely had no idea the fish were nearby, per the Sacramento Bee’s David Caraccio.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • The risk for humans to contract HPAI is still very low, and cases where the disease has infected humans came from situations where working conditions caused people to be in close proximity to infected poultry.
    Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2022

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