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adjoin

[uh-join] / əˈdʒɔɪn /




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The witness was also asked by the lawyer about safety issues that could have arisen for local families whose back gardens adjoin the waste ground where the culvert is located.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Both major projects will adjoin the new transport infrastructure.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 2023

Our offices adjoin and she is continually coming in, making herself at home, and peppering me with questions.

From Washington Post Jul. 7, 2022

Some of our homes adjoin this open space.

From Washington Times Aug. 2, 2017

Sturdy red bricks adjoin pale stone accented by ornamental flourishes.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Kei Nakai says he’ll miss the most his parents’ home — a skinny, green two-story building that adjoins the nursery on Grevillea Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2025

The gushing water from the river wreaked havoc on the Chungthang village, which adjoins its banks.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2023

The Barents Sea, which adjoins the Arctic Ocean, is one of the most productive oceanic areas in the world and home to an enormous diversity of organisms.

From Science Daily Oct. 17, 2023

“We feel that enough’s enough,” said Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, one of the most vulnerable first-term Republicans, who represents a New York district that adjoins Santos’.

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2023

Since the living room adjoins his—Joseph and David’s—room, I opened the door so the fire would warm it, too.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

In August, after conducting training camp at Loyola Marymount, the Rams will not return to what essentially has been a trailer park of 75 adjoined and retrofitted modular buildings in Ventura County.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2024

If data centers occupy the caverns, any improper water management or heat discharge could quickly become an immediate risk to adjoined residential neighborhoods.

From Salon Oct. 7, 2023

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat whose district would have adjoined Ryan’s.

From Seattle Times Nov. 11, 2022

So I went to my room, that adjoined Father’s, and wasted time on my phone screen, and thought how I could be doing this at home, and fell asleep.

From Slate Dec. 29, 2020

Ikwa looked so close to Mbandaka, like it almost adjoined.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

In the adjoining Avila region, another inferno raging since last week has become the biggest since Spain's records began in 1961, burning 50,000 hectares.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

France has evacuated 250,000 people from at-risk areas, mostly in the Gironde region but also in the adjoining Landes region, where another wildfire was "better contained but not yet stopped", according to authorities.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

The company spent £500,000 creating the pub and adjoining off-license, hiring eight additional staff members.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

The players will have to dress at home for practice, which will be held in the adjoining park.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Newsome Park came with its own set of friends and boundaries, one of which was the pond their neighborhood shared with adjoining Copeland Park.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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