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Now tourist arrivals are increasing every year; resorts and luxury villa complexes sit cheek by jowl along the three-mile crescent of Grace Bay.
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Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
The two communities lived cheek by jowl in many American cities, where immigrants of different sorts ended up in the same neighborhoods.
—Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
With three generations living cheek by jowl, the drama that plays out serves as a magnifying glass on the family itself as well as wider society in a vibrant but divided Berlin.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Each August thousands and thousands of super car owners, luxury car buyers, car makers and fans descend upon California’s Monterey Peninsula for a week of car shows, auction perusing, shopping and sitting in traffic cheek by jowl with Lamborghinis, Bugattis, Deusenbergs and more.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
The two communities lived cheek by jowl in many American cities, where immigrants of different sorts ended up in the same neighborhoods.
—Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
With three generations living cheek by jowl, the drama that plays out serves as a magnifying glass on the family itself as well as wider society in a vibrant but divided Berlin.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Each August thousands and thousands of super car owners, luxury car buyers, car makers and fans descend upon California’s Monterey Peninsula for a week of car shows, auction perusing, shopping and sitting in traffic cheek by jowl with Lamborghinis, Bugattis, Deusenbergs and more.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Cheek by jowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheek%20by%20jowl. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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