Sentence examples for gathering close to from inspiring English sources

The activists have been gathering close to the Laredo crossing over the last few days, and have received briefings from the Dream Nine activists who preceded them about what to expect once they enter the border post.

Hundreds of union members started gathering close to the party's annual conference in Liverpool for rallies and marches later today aimed at venting their fury on the coalition government's spending cuts which have already seen over 200,000 public sector jobs cut or threatened with the axe.

Boosted by assured debate performances, former computer executive Carly Fiorina reported a surge in donations too, gathering close to $6.8 million in the quarter — four times the amount she raised in the second quarter.

As did this gathering, close to Hollywood only in miles.

The gathering, closed to reporters, drew 100 Japanese and American financial executives and academics.

That game, at St James Parkk, Newcastle, early next month, is probably a step too far for the Pacific islanders, but by then they should know whether they have done well enough to qualify automatically for a sixth successive global gathering, closer to home this time, in Japan and in four years.

An unkind friend, the Olympics, to a woman who has held the lure of this greatest sporting gathering so close to her heart.

Sunnis in the Jordan town of Southern Mazar on Friday burned down a Shiite gathering center, close to the shrine of another revered Shiite figure, Jafar Ibn Abi Talib, Iranian news media reported.

That meeting was followed by an additional report, from a source Phillip considered to be reliable, that approximately 200 RCMP officers were gathering in towns close to the camp.

Our reporters who have tirelessly told this story almost daily since Day One have been gathering string for close to a year on the city's finances and are trying to unwind it so we can lay everything out for our readers.

Tensions between Beijing and Tokyo rose again this week after Japan switched on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a permanent intelligence-gathering post close to Taiwan and the Senkakus, known as the Diaoyu in China.