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The Roman space telescope is expected to discover tens of thousands of planets, possibly offering clarity abut how many could be out there.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

TotalEnergies will likely remain cautious abut its balance sheet and announce a $750 million share buyback, they write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025

The word took off in August after content creator Jools Lebron, posted on TikTok abut her demure work outfit and mindful make-up.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024

When two timbers or planks are united endways, they are said to butt or abut against each other.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Iran also abuts the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime chokepoint that controls access to the Persian Gulf.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

Hargeisa, capital of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, abuts hot spots like Somalia and Yemen but lacks the constant coups, wars, riots, terrorist attacks, ideological reckonings and other usual attractions for roving correspondents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

His park abuts a new militarized zone that stretches 200 miles across a vast expanse of New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2025

The announcement from Holcomb’s office and AWS did not include a timeline for the data center campus in northern Indiana’s St. Joseph County, which abuts the Michigan state line.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

In London, where the river Thames arches away from the city near Belgravia, one might begin a walk at Vincent Square, the trapezoid-shaped park that abuts the office of the Royal Horticultural Society.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The tunnel had been there since before the war, said Mohammad Doghmosh, adding that it abutted a low building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Some of their farms even abutted the graveyard.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023

The library, which abutted the street, violated that policy.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

These efforts were often unsuccessful, however, and poor neighborhoods often abutted even the most prestigious ones.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

He was heading toward the training track, which abutted the main track’s clubhouse turn.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

An unknown projectile hit a cargo ship in the strategic Strait of Hormuz abutting Iran, causing a fire and forcing the crew to evacuate, a maritime security agency said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

In a much lower-stakes action last weekend, the mayor of a city abutting the waterway ordered the demolition of a Chinese-built friendship park, angering Beijing’s embassy in nearby Panama City.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

Most people in Bolinas, a town abutting Point Reyes National Seashore, do not get home mail delivery.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2025

The line of cars crawled toward the parking lot and into an overflow field abutting a baseball complex.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024

In the broad, covered corridor—the colonnaded kuthambalam abutting the heart of the temple where the Blue God lived with his flute, the drummers drummed and the dancers danced, their colors turning slowly in the night.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy