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grabbed the nearby quilt and gently laid it over the sleeping child
I'll be nearby if you need anything
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In a classic Great Migration pattern, his parents had come up from the Delta — his father from Yazoo City, his mother from Humphreys County nearby.
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Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Over in the Bywater district, Swift famously had her birthday cake made by local favorite Bywater Bakery and has also enjoyed a meal nearby at French-Japanese restaurant N7.
—Michelle Gross, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Police initially had very little evidence to work with, just a spent bullet shell discovered nearby on the ground.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine, nearby, closed on the morning of the invasion.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
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Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Over in the Bywater district, Swift famously had her birthday cake made by local favorite Bywater Bakery and has also enjoyed a meal nearby at French-Japanese restaurant N7.
—Michelle Gross, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Police initially had very little evidence to work with, just a spent bullet shell discovered nearby on the ground.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine, nearby, closed on the morning of the invasion.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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nearby
adverb or adjective
near·by
ni(ə)r-ˈbī 
ˈni(ə)r-ˌbī
: close at hand
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