This was especially true of college students, who need close to 10 hours sleep a night but average only about 6.

The Mayor spent close to three hours in the two camps.

It took close to six and a half hours the time before that.

Nothing in cycling ever came close to three hours of punishment at this level, he said.

That it has taken close to nine hours out of her life matters little.

It took close to four hours to get a tree trunk out the other day.

Residents often work close to 36 hours in a row.

It took them close to four hours to move roughly half the distance they needed to reach the land.

Most of them hadn't been to the san for, hell, close to twelve hours.

In the second feature it took close to two hours.