1.   And his family, with a tight circle of friends, said goodbye as well, and went off alone to bury him.

2.   Before long, the tight circle of learning begins spinning away from the table.

3.   Beyond that is the expanding size of a previously tight circle of aides devoted to doing things as Mrs. Clinton wants them done.

4.   Bush demands loyalty, a tight inner circle and quick action when things are headed in the wrong direction.

5.   But a moment or two later, all three had closed around him in a tight circle.

6.   Durham shoved Harper away, and players from both sides came together in a tight circle.

7.   During those last crazy minutes, Seifert paced in tight circles, head down slightly, almost averting his eyes from the field.

8.   For a total body thing, she swims underwater, in a tight circle.

9.   Form a little cone and wrap in a fairly tight circle.

10.   Haxha walked in a tight circle, rubbing the moisture from his stubble.