house-to-house
adjective
: going or done by going from one building to the next
house-to-house fighting
Examples of house-to-house in a Sentence
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Malaria Consortium’s community drug distributors go house-to-house in Sokoto in an effort to offer SMC to every young child.
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Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2026
The hunt for refugees in Islamabad was growing intense, with house-to-house searches and checkpoints in the streets.
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George Packer,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
Bernard came ashore at Utah Beach the week after D-Day and was killed July 3, 1944, during house-to-house fighting in the French town of La Haye-du-Puis.
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Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
The crash drew a large police and fire response with first responders going house-to-house to check on residents.
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Michael Dorgan , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
Amnesty International said in a statement the gunmen went house-to-house in Gobirawa Chali, killing over 20 people.
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Reuters,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
Menotomy – today called Arlington – was the scene of bitter house-to-house encounters.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 2025
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Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2026
The hunt for refugees in Islamabad was growing intense, with house-to-house searches and checkpoints in the streets.
—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
Bernard came ashore at Utah Beach the week after D-Day and was killed July 3, 1944, during house-to-house fighting in the French town of La Haye-du-Puis.
—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
The crash drew a large police and fire response with first responders going house-to-house to check on residents.
—
Michael Dorgan , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
Amnesty International said in a statement the gunmen went house-to-house in Gobirawa Chali, killing over 20 people.
—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
Menotomy – today called Arlington – was the scene of bitter house-to-house encounters.
—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 2025
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