You hold your cards close to you so no one can see what you have.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

At times,they were so close they had no time to load and fire their guns.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

In the close to forty years since, no one has set foot on the moon.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

"Make no mistake," "We will close Guantanamo prison which has damaged our national security interests and become a tremendous recruiting tool for al-Qaida."

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

The Obama administration says there are no plans to close the 3,000 kilometer U.S.-Mexico border.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

"While President Obama has no plan for what to do with these killers, he has pledged to close the terrorist detention facility in January, to fulfill a campaign promise.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

"He deals with a lot. He becomes frustrated in this one a little bit because he gets this close all the time and then gets told 'no' over and over again.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"We felt like no matter how non-violent you were, unless you had a law on the books or a decree by a court, that the same restaurant that could open up its door to a black person on Monday could close it on Tuesday if there were no law demanding it be kept open."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16