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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'close encounter' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a close encounter with something, such as a person or an experience. For example, "It was a close encounter with a wild animal that I'll never forget."
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close encounter
noun
A supposed observation, or observation of evidence, of extraterrestrial beings or their craft.
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"It was a close encounter," admitted Souness.
It was a very close encounter.
My first close encounter was in 2007.
Putin followed his close encounter with birds with a close encounter with sea life.
He hopes the close encounter will energise fund-raising.
Everybody has a story about a close encounter with disaster.
Hodges's close encounter left her with severe bruising – and fleeting worldwide fame.
Such a close encounter was a scientific opportunity not to be missed said Prof Fitzsimmons.
And believe it or not, Tuesday had a third close encounter that finished 2-2.
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"It was cool," the United States captain Carlos Bocanegra said of the up-close encounter.
The primary mission includes 10 flybys with close-encounter altitudes as low as 100 km.
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