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So too is a near miss - a so-called close-quarter situation - involving the Costa Atlantica, which in 2008 came too close to the Panamanian registered car carrier Grand Neptune in the Dover Strait between Britain and France.

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Toyota had said that Japan's "narrow parking spots and close-quarter maneuvering" put too much strain on the steering rods, supplied by Japanese company Somic Ishikawa, and cracked the rods.

Toyota delayed almost a year before issuing 2005 steering defect recall 2010

On the western side of Misrata, where rebels have been slowly pushing Gaddafi's forces back along the road to Tripoli, there was close-quarter fighting near the satellite town of Zawiyat al-Mahjoub.

Gaddafi troops captured in Tunisia while fighting intensifies in Misrata 2011

No TEP-Cs tonight—this was going to be a close-quarter bug hunt.

Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

No TEP-Cs tonight—this was going to be a close-quarter bug hunt.

Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

The vest had full-wrap protection, critical for close-quarter engagements, when an arms-out gun stance left the sides of the torso vulnerable.

DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010

The weapons were silent 9-mm close-quarter killing machines.

Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

The weapons were silent 9-mm close-quarter killing machines.

Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

The vest had full-wrap protection, critical for close-quarter engagements, when an arms-out gun stance left the sides of the torso vulnerable.

DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010

Years after officers had personally observed the effects of machine guns in war, the brass clung almost mystically to the romance of close-quarter battle and championed tactics that Maxim guns had made obsolete.

The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010