cheek by jowl
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Juxtapositions between high and low, between the virtuous and the criminal, and these things existed cheek by jowl.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
Ruoff’s team has already used it to make diamond films composed of thousands of tiny crystals packed cheek by jowl.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024
Fans pack in cheek by jowl well before the first pitch and long after the final out.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022
Forget about socialites eating cheek by jowl with secretaries, bank heads alongside barbers.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2020
La Salle passed through the area where De Soto had found cities cheek by jowl.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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