abutting

Example Sentences

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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

She travels to Savannah’s Bonaventure graveyard, abutting the Wilmington River, “where shrimp boats float, a mostly silent river that is only audible when a breeze shakes the trees and you hear the water whisper.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 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

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