Sentence examples for close ground from inspiring English sources

Nadal has won 93 of his last 94 clay-court matches and hopes to close ground on Federer.

Fleet Renee rocketed out of the curve and pulled away in the stretch, with the late-running fillies Real Cozzy and Exogenous futilely trying to close ground.

Singh settled for an even-par 72 at Spyglass Hill today, as did Begay, and their failure to pull away allowed their pursuers to close ground.

"The elements in close ground combat were about 25 U.S. assisting and advising approximately 200 I.A. and I.P.," the colonel added, using the acronyms for the Iraqi Army and Iraqi police.

For the first time, marketers spent more in 2009 on Internet advertising than in magazines, according to a report from ZenithOptimedia, which said online ad spending would rapidly close ground on newspapers.

Smith and the colt glided behind War Emblem for virtually the whole Derby, but were never able to close ground, compromised in part by the fact that Proud Citizen was not in prime condition after just two prep races.

The Lukas-trained Dublin closed ground quickly in his seasonal debut to finish three-quarters of a length back of Conveyance.

For the Patriots, the struggles may be the first sign that they are wearing down as other teams are closing ground.

Paper used ring-type single-row curtain grouting closed ground plan.

Obviously York is further away from Tyneside but it is the closest ground we could get that satisfied Blue Square Bet Premier standard".

To be fair, they still did relatively well in the ratings although both CNN and MSNBC closed ground on them during the year.