Sentence examples for close to three weeks from inspiring English sources

I stayed on Atkins for close to three weeks, losing something like seven pounds: enough to land me on the slender side of stocky.

(She spent close to three weeks tramping through the forests with Naxalites, Maoist defenders of the tribes, and reported on this in her 2011 book, "Walking with the Comrades").

"I was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with a condition called Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis". Cole said he had spent close to three weeks in hospital undergoing a kidney biopsy and dialysis, and he is continuing on a course of steroids which has led to a slight change in his appearance.

DENVER — A park in front of the State Capitol that had been the scene for close to three weeks of a protest encampment allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement was cleared by police officers in riot gear early Friday morning.

For your reference: the widely anticipated Skype iPhone app was downloaded 1 million times on the first two days of availability in the App Store, and it took PayPal close to three weeks to reach one million installs despite its 81million-strongmillion-strong

"Okay, it's close to three weeks later.

The Daily News has been in a bind for close to seven weeks.

It's somewhat surprising that Ross's first start came March 18, close to five weeks after pitchers and catchers reported.

They had blocked access to the hills for close to two weeks by the time I decided to head to Darjeeling.

Coming back to France after close to four weeks of unscientific watching and listening on the other side of the Atlantic provides an interesting contrast.

Officials estimated today that as much as 9,000 acres of land, including almost 3,000 acres of forest, have been damaged by fire in the close to four weeks of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.