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"in touching distance" is correct and can be used in written English
You can use it to refer to something that is very close, either in physical terms or figuratively. Example: After a lifetime of hard work, success was finally within touching distance.
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In 2012, turnover was in touching distance of £75m.
I was mentally exhausted but I knew I was in touching distance of those guys.
That's 16 from the over and Shehzad in touching distance of Pakistan's first ever T20 hundred.
Good over from Duminy but England are still in touching distance.
4. Phil Brazier "You believe you're in touching distance of the first team," Brazier tells OSM.
Australia went into the third day of the third Test in touching distance of a series-clinching win over India.
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Rams 17-24 Falcons Don't look now, but St Louis are back within touching distance in Atlanta, Austin Pettis snaring a three-yard Sam Bradford pass in the corner of the end zone.
O'Sullivan led from the off and went 5-1 ahead in the first session, before Trump pulled two frames back to stay within touching distance in York.
A joke for most of the season, but now in 14th spot, within touching distance of safety.
— BEN ROTHENBERG Murray has kept himself within touching distance in the fourth set, holding serve to narrow Djokovic's lead to 3-2.
7.20pm GMT MORE TOUCHDOWNS! Matthew Stafford hooks up with (who else?) Calvin Johnson for a 19-yard score that brings Detroit back within touching distance in Pittsburgh.
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