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Within an initial "nomination period" - a set window of time where the association has the exclusive right to find an eligible buyer - the flat generated next to no interest.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Valerie McCarthy, a leader in the Oconee County Republican Party, began filing public-records requests from her home office, sitting next to a copy of the Constitution and a teddy bear wearing a Trump T-shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Because these immune hubs sit directly next to the brain, researchers believe they could eventually provide a way to influence immune activity in neurological diseases without broadly affecting the rest of the body.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The two schools are literally next to each other — La Cañada’s locker room is closer than the visiting locker room they will use at St. Francis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The cowboy next to him suppresses a smile.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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