"close" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- After his close 1999 defeat, Katz was ready for a 2003 rematch with Street.
- He closely beat Ville Lång of Finland in rubber games for the first round, and blamed pressure for close defeat.
- The close defeat left Bernard "wounded," according to his coach.
- The team's only loss was a close 7-6 defeat to Minnesota in the third game of the season.
- However their run would be ended with a close 19-16 defeat to the Sydney Roosters in the preliminary final.
- In 2007 El Segundo won the Cox Plate avenging his close defeat to Fields Of Omagh the year before.
- Perhaps as a result of that approach, he knew the pain of a close electoral defeat.
- Following his close defeat, President Bush appointed Blackwell ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
- Prior to the close defeat it was the first hung parliament since the 1940 election.
- Backup quarterback Dominique Davis scored on a one yard quarterback sneak in the final minutes to send Wake Forest to their second straight close defeat.
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