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But I don't know if 'closely-knit' is always such a good thing.
A Conversation with Laura Moriarty author of The Rest of Her Life 2010
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The OSS started out as a “closely-knit family bristling with ideas” but with the influx of people and wide-ranging missions, that esprit de corps has faded and “apathy toward this endeavor” has seeped in.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia heart-lung transplant program is one of largest in the world and draws upon the collaboration of a closely-knit healthcare team.
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Do you find that closely-knit towns tend to band together after a momentous event, however tragic, or, do you think Leigh is right in suspecting the entire town is whispering about her and her family behind her back?
A Conversation with Laura Moriarty author of The Rest of Her Life 2010
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The OSS started out as a “closely-knit family bristling with ideas” but with the influx of people and wide-ranging missions, that esprit de corps has faded and “apathy toward this endeavor” has seeped in.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The small and closely-knit staff spends hours of their time and hundreds of dollars of their own money embellishing their classrooms, exploring new curriculum and drumming up excitement teaching required subjects in new ways with methods learned through professional development and advanced degrees.
Amy Weisberg: Waiting for Supermom (and Superdad too)! Amy Weisberg 2011
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"He'd risk becoming a persona non-grata in the closely-knit world of snooker."
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It must be one of our closely-knit little household '
Twin Moons 2010
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In small towns with closely-knit communities, everyone seemed to favor neighborhood journalism over the sharp tongues of the big city writers.
The Oaten Hands 2010
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Families in Mexico are (in general) much closely-knit than in the States, and I wonder if some day I might see (for example) something spray-painted on the wall outside my house ..... which at least in this area, is a very popular method of dissent. sandykayak
Repatriation 2007
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