close company
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Everywhere, it seems, Christmas keeps close company with calamity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
McKenzie chased his neat kick through to reclaim the ball and offload to Will Jordan, with the touchline for close company, in one movement.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023
On docks and decks humans of varied skin shades and breathing one another’s sweat in close company tended whale-boiling caldrons and looked one another in the eye.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2020
He spent a good while in the close company of the Russian Denis Spitsov, a couple of 21-year-olds out in the woods.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2018
And sadly, his good friend Roulin, who has been keeping close company with him, has been transferred to Marseille.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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