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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Everyone has their own lifting style — some channel anger and let out a guttural yell before touching the bar, others are into showmanship and encourage the crowd’s applause — but mine, while focused, is all smiles.—
Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
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Schettone allegedly had a student from his third-grade class at Gulph Elementary School sit on his lap, where he is accused of inappropriately touching the child, according to police.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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There was no immediate word on the circumstances surrounding the vehicle driving off the pier.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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By continuously collecting and processing electromagnetic data, the system generated a detailed understanding of the surrounding signal environment.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 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 24 Mar. 2026.
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