nearby
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Christine Munoz, 38, said she got a call from Tucker about a nearby fire while she was on a birthday trip in Palos Verdes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
One reason it is so difficult to treat is that cancer cells spread into nearby brain tissue.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
He said hundreds of people survived only by scrambling up nearby slopes as floodwaters roared through the valley below.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Another nearby village "is completely empty, not even a chicken lives there… empty villages like that are countless", Fatima says.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Without a place to hide Joey, there is only one option: the Tala Leprosarium in nearby Novaliches, on the outskirts of Manila.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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