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neighbored

verb

past tense of neighbor

as in adjoined

to be adjacent to the baseball field neighbors a parking lot

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Recent Examples of neighbored Though most campuses of the merged schools neighbored one another, Miami Springs Middle and Miami Springs High were about a mile and a half apart. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

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Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.

— Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026

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Doughty is flanked by deputy director of the Art Institute and Chicago Network member Sarah Guernsey.

— Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
While silent, music is very much present in her altar as guitars flanked either side of the set up, highlighting her family’s artistic and musical roots.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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Someone else touched his face and a clean tong without washing hands between those two actions.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an ultrathin, flexible electronic skin that lights up when touched, revealing exactly where pressure is being applied and how much, sort of like a skin with a screen.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026

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