as in adjoins
to be adjacent to
our property butts on a swamp
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Grab Afternoon Tea Stop into Heritage Bakery & Cafe, a cozy spot that adjoins Harrisonburg's welcome center, to delight in whimsical refreshments served on delicate china.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
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Alain Hivelin joins the company as general manager of couture, quickly becoming president of a group encompassing fashion, fragrances and accessories.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Wisconsin joins 14 other states, including Minnesota and Illinois, in creating a vaccine protocol that does not defer solely to federal health officials.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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One of the most majestic creatures to glimpse in the wild are bottlenose dolphins, whose habitat touches nearly every coast of the United States, including the entirety of the Southeast.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
18 Sep. 2025
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This rash often appears in a straight line where the plant touches the skin.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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But Hawley flanks the familiar creature from the movies with a variety of new monsters that get unleashed in the Maginot crash.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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These actions reduce the mystery that surrounds technology and help employees see it as an ally for workplace innovation.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Others are greedily consuming matter that surrounds them in a flattened, swirling cloud called an accretion disk.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Butts (on or against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butts%20%28on%20or%20against%29. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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