as in adjoining
to be adjacent to
our property butts on a swamp
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As for the rental’s neighbors, the regulations, if approved, also stipulate that a short-term rental’s owner send a letter by mail to adjoining property owners informing them that the residence has been approved as a short-term rental at least one week before the first rental in a calendar year.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
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But the town adjoining the base, Delta Junction, is small (with a 2020 population of 918) and has only a handful of food stores and restaurants.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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School meal bill divides Republicans Shane’s bill passed the Senate on Wednesday by a vote of 22-18, with nine Republicans joining all nine Democrats in opposition.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2026
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The informational picket out front of BP Whiting Refinery on Indianapolis Boulevard wasn’t even the 11-year-old’s first time joining the fight for a fair living.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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If the biggest stars in baseball are Japanese, South Korean or Latin American, think harder about flanking strategies that go around the NFL’s traditional reliance on North Americans.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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In some cases, miners carry coal in baskets up on wooden slats flanking the walls of the mines.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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There are shareable recipes, naturally, but also touching dedications to her family and anecdotes about the parties of her youth.—
The Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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Picture this, Boyle says, like the points of two ice cream cones touching each other, with their contact representing the big bang.—
Sarah Scoles,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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The family of four often traveled domestically to new places together, drove short distances to visit family and frequented amusement parks – but all of that has come to a pause in the height of uncertainty surrounding immigration operations throughout the state.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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The pedestrian was not identified and police did not immediately have any information about the circumstances surrounding the death.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The backstory The Chablé family of hotels now includes three properties—the original in the state of Yucatán and two in the neighboring state of Quintana Roo (one at Punta Maroma and the other next to the Sian Ka’an Biosphere).—
John Newton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
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Its Farmhouse Museum, located at 1121 Waukegan Road, displays exhibits related to the history of Glenview, and a collection of artifacts, books and other materials can also be found in the neighboring Hibbard Library.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 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 18 Feb. 2026.
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