neighboring

Example Sentences

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Catherine Earnshaw, raised in the “disorderly, comfortless” gothic abode of Wuthering Heights, is seduced by the refinement of the neighboring Thrushcross Grange, “a splendid place carpeted with crimson.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

They first demonstrated that asexual reproduction through runners reduced competition among neighboring organisms.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Hundreds of thousands more Congolese have fled to neighboring Uganda and Burundi.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

MetLife stadium, outside the city in neighboring New Jersey state, will host its first match of the World Cup on Saturday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

He was bothered by the people who cheered him in neighboring villages, and he imagined that they were the same cheers they gave the enemy.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez