up close and personal
Britishadverb
adjective
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David Skeel shares what he learned from an up close and personal look at the tiny island’s massive debt crisis.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2026
Getting up close and personal with compost is part of the job...
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Miller’s view is up close and personal, providing the reader with private antidotes while examining her poems and correlating them to geopolitical issues.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
But this time, it’s being presented off-Broadway in a radically reconceived version, dubbed “Masquerade,” that lets audiences get up close and personal with the phantom himself.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
But Joey can’t resist the opportunity to conduct spy work up close and personal.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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