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abut

[uh-buht] / əˈbʌt /
VERB
touch or be next to something
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But calls also have increased in complexity to include reports of hazardous materials and widespread brush fires that threaten an increasingly large segment of people living in areas that abut wildlands, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

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

In the past, rumours abut the sci-fi drama have ranged from being close to spot on to utter fabrication.

From BBC ● May 25, 2025

Knives abutting against adjusting screws for this reason are not apt to give so good results as knives that abut against a solid shoulder all across the knife-bar.

From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by David Grayson

Avoiding property that abuts forestland can lower the risk of wildfires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

His 31-acre property abuts the Terafab site and shares about 4,000 feet of fence with Musk’s land.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Nelligan contacted neighboring homeowner Marcia Papich, whose fence abuts Susan Flores’ backyard.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

The seven-story addition directly abuts the original building without seeming to touch it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

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

And since some of Crosby’s rooms abutted ours, he was an obvious person to interview.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

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

The teen told Williams he was going to meet friends at the dirt road abutting the store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025

The city’s previous worst fire, the Sayre fire, destroyed 600 homes, mostly in a densely packed trailer park directly abutting the scrub; the 2018 Woolsey fire destroyed 1,600 homes north of the city.

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2025

The IAA identified the jugs as Canaanite, a people who resided in the lands abutting the eastern Mediterranean.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 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


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