All 10 Uses

approach
in
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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She had to wait for almost half an hour before an old woman with a cane approached from the direction of Djurgarden.
Chpt 1.5 *

approached = came near
What was clear was that the old patriarch had tackled the job with the systematic approach of an amateur archaeologist—the material was going to fill twenty feet of shelving.
Chpt 2.8

approach = technique (way of doing something)
He was not going to find anything that his professional predecessor and his experienced team had missed, and he was undecided what approach he should adopt to the problem.
Chpt 2.11 *
(Magda) Leviticus, 20:16 "If a woman approaches any beast and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast; they shall be put to death, their blood is upon them.†
Chpt 3.17
The police station was empty, and he had started approaching older people at random.†
Chpt 3.19
Leviticus 20:16 said: "If a woman approaches any beast and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast; they shall be put to death, their blood is upon them."†
Chpt 3.19
It's enough that she 'approaches' the animal, which a farmer's wife would undeniably do every day.†
Chpt 3.20
It was as if she had a premonition of some approaching disaster.†
Chpt 3.22
Martin approached from behind and told him to put his hands on his back.†
Chpt 3.23
She saw the headlights of a truck approaching.†
Chpt 4.24

Definitions:

(1) (approach as in: approached the city)
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
(2) (approach as in: use the best approach)
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
(3) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal)
to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely (and typically only in classic literature), the phrase nearest approach to as used in "her nearest approach to an apology" or "her nearest approach to a smile" typically means that "something is as close to something else as it ever gets." "As near an approach to" can have a similar meaning.