abutted

Example Sentences

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“Remember the Times” stretches back to Riley’s childhood in Harlem, where the playground of his elementary school abutted the parking lot behind New York’s venerable Apollo Theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

The tunnel had been there since before the war, said Mohammad Doghmosh, adding that it abutted a low building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Some of their farms even abutted the graveyard.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

The library, which abutted the street, violated that policy.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2023

The back of their cage nearly abutted the train tracks, and on the tracks directly behind them stood an Amtrak train engine.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers