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approach
in
Zeitoun
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Kathy watched him approach.†
Chpt 1.2 *

approach = get near
Any way he approached the question, he couldn't see the logic in prohibiting calls.
Chpt 4.25 *

approached = thought about
In the car, approaching their school, Nademah turned up the volume on the radio.†
Chpt 1.1
As he pushed his cart to his van, a young man, pushing his own cart full of supplies, approached Zeitoun.†
Chpt 1.1
Finally a different sort of boat approached.†
Chpt 2.7
He stood up, incredulous, as Zeitoun approached.†
Chpt 2.7
Mohammed was an unknown when the race began at six in the morning, and after eight hours, when he was approaching shore, he had no idea that he was in the lead.†
Chpt 2.7
Again they sensed him approaching, and this time they were both waiting by the window, their heads peeking over the sill.†
Chpt 2.8
As he was inside stabilizing it, he heard another helicopter approach.†
Chpt 2.8
They whimpered as he approached, and he took it as relief and gratitude.†
Chpt 2.9
As he approached, he saw soldiers in the alleyway, on the roof, on the ramps and balconies.†
Chpt 2.9
The water grew shallow as he approached the intersection.†
Chpt 2.9
As he approached the junction of Earhart, Jefferson Davis, and Washington, the land rose up a bit, and he could see dry grass, a wide intersection with a large green and brown patch in the middle.†
Chpt 2.11
In the afternoon, one of the guards approached a man in the cage next to Zeitoun's.†
Chpt 4.25
The reporter—Zeitoun could see now the crew was from Spain—conducted an interview with the prisoner, and then, after a few minutes, he approached Zeitoun with the microphone and began to ask a question.†
Chpt 4.25
The relief Zeitoun felt in the seconds he saw him approach was beyond measure.†
Chpt 4.26
Forty miles on, Zeitoun saw a sign on the highway indicating that they were approaching the town of St. Gabriel.†
Chpt 4.27
White birds scattered as they approached another gate, this one resembling a highway tollbooth.†
Chpt 4.27
He was implying that Zeitoun and Nasser were romantically engaged, and that Zeitoun, fearing detection, had leapt from the bed when he heard the guard approaching.†
Chpt 4.28
Two officers approached their car, both with their hands on their sidearms.†
Chpt 4.45
As they approached the bus station, Zeitoun was trembling.†
Chpt 5.47
As they waited, a man holding a tape recorder approached them.†
Chpt 5.47
The soldiers approached the reporter.†
Chpt 5.47
The assistant district attorney, a heavyset white man, approached them and asked how he could help.†
Chpt 5.47

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(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.

approach in Zeitoun (Auto-generated)

approach
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Zeitoun
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