abutting
Example Sentences
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An unknown projectile hit a cargo ship in the strategic Strait of Hormuz abutting Iran, causing a fire and forcing the crew to evacuate, a maritime security agency said.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
In a much lower-stakes action last weekend, the mayor of a city abutting the waterway ordered the demolition of a Chinese-built friendship park, angering Beijing’s embassy in nearby Panama City.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
The line of cars crawled toward the parking lot and into an overflow field abutting a baseball complex.
From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024
The IAA identified the jugs as Canaanite, a people who resided in the lands abutting the eastern Mediterranean.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2024
In the broad, covered corridor—the colonnaded kuthambalam abutting the heart of the temple where the Blue God lived with his flute, the drummers drummed and the dancers danced, their colors turning slowly in the night.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
