as in adjoining
to be adjacent to
our property butts on a swamp
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Eighteen of the suites/rooms are adjoining for families.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026 -
The company next captured images on March 4 showing impact sites on the school and adjoining former IRGC base, with a total of seven buildings damaged or destroyed.—
Julie Tsirkin,
NBC news,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the 50th minute, Jordyn Huitema, who spent four seasons with Seattle before joining the Stars, scored Chicago's second goal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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For example, Omar Mateen, the Pulse nightclub shooter, had variously considered joining Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah before pledging allegiance to ISIS – three groups with sharply different views.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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For much of the season’s first three months, the 30-year-old Dane spent time flanking Sebastian Aho on the top line or teamed up with second-year forwards Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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There’s a ladies’ and a gentlemen’s flanking the stairwell on this upper entry level, each outfitted with a cold plunge, sauna, steam room, and showers inside and out.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Higher energy prices are also expected to widen India’s current account deficit, which has contributed to a weakening of the local currency, with the rupee touching record lows in recent days.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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But to get them there, those antiprotons will have to avoid touching anything on the way.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Add it to the growing canvases of her daughters playing at the sea, climbing the rocks, placing their tiny hands in the crevices of the walls surrounding the house.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Other Republicans, however, have pointed more directly to the sequence of events surrounding Carr and the Colbert interview as a contributing factor.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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The legislation adds new authority to a national security committee in Macao, which is a special administrative region of China along with neighboring Hong Kong.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Iran escalated strikes on energy sites in neighboring Gulf states, including a key facility in Qatar, in response to an Israeli attack on South Pars, the world's biggest gas field.—
Raf Sanchez,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Butting (on or against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butting%20%28on%20or%20against%29. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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