This, by itself, is one early sign that a market bottom may be close at hand for gold.

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If such a conservative operator is eyeing commodities, cynics say, then a correction must be close at hand.

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She encourages clients to see that the problem isn't as career-threatening as it might seem and that a resolution may be close at hand.

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Successful French and Spanish bond auctions, along with expectations that a deal between the Greek government and private-sector creditors may be close at hand, spurred a rally in European stocks and pushed the euro higher.

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Progress may be close at hand.

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Users who are shopping on the couch while watching TV, the device most close at hand is probably going to be that.

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In the next few weeks the markets will be completely consumed with a guessing game as to whether a resolution is close at hand or further away.

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The Supreme Court will be taking a close look at California's Proposition 8, and it is expected to hand down its ruling in June.

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