nearby

Example Sentences

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Many of the hundreds of workers hired and then laid off by Magna in St. Clair have had other job opportunities with nearby factories looking for workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The fiction: You can always tell there’s a rattlesnake nearby because you’ll hear their rattle.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

He also pointed to the relative value compared to nearby coastal markets, noting similar waterfront properties elsewhere often come at a significantly higher price per square foot.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

A judge in Brazil has blocked a project to build a zipline connecting the famous Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro to a nearby hill, Morro da Urca.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Father sleeps nearby with his arms wrapped around the Torah, and my brothers sleep on either side of him.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar