Close
Both words in one sentence
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Okay, so she's technically a guidance counselor/psychiatrist, but she's hot and works in a school, so it's close enough.
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Vader never touches the lava, but he's close enough that the hot fumes set him on fire and he burns to a crisp.
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Bug doesn't even feel hot at all even when he is dangerously close to a sea of lava.
Source: Video Game / Bug!
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Hot and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/hot
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