The firewood detail placed Shin and Park within a stone's throw of the fence that ran along the spine of the mountain.

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Du Pont was so sure that his factory would not blow up that he lived within a stone's throw of the works.

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It's the juxtaposition between the rough side of life and the smooth side of life that you can find within a stone's throw, from one street to another.

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Apple crept up to within a stone's throw of toppling LG at 17.5 percent to its rival's 17.7, while Samsung's successful shift to smartphones helped it keep exactly 26 percent of the mobile sphere.

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