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British  
/ kləʊz /

verb

  1. (intr, preposition) to engage in battle with (an enemy)

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It's an amazing thing in football and a strange thing that you can be so close with people and spend so much time travelling and going through ups and downs and successes together and you get really close and then one day a transfer happens and that's it, they're gone.

From BBC

The German DAX rose 1.1% after falling sharply at the last close, with industrial and chemicals stocks rallying as oil prices slipped.

From The Wall Street Journal

Micron Technology surpassed a $500 billion market capitalization for the first time at Tuesday’s market close, with investors feeling more excited heading into the company’s earnings report.

From MarketWatch

A member of the Moneyist’s Facebook group shares your experience: “I am 47, and my husband would be 65 if he were still alive today. He died very unexpectedly three years ago. We had been married for 13 years. He had two adult children, while I don’t have any children of my own, though I do have a younger cousin that I’m very close with.”

From MarketWatch

As with many aspects of the Oscars, Walden was not permitted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to speak on the record about any specific films, but he said he wanted to open with the sweeping sound of a blockbuster and close with the sweet, romantic music of a drama.

From Los Angeles Times