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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
Iran also abuts the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime chokepoint that controls access to the Persian Gulf.
From Barron's
Iran also abuts the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime chokepoint that controls access to the Persian Gulf.
From Barron's
“Remember the Times” stretches back to Riley’s childhood in Harlem, where the playground of his elementary school abutted the parking lot behind New York’s venerable Apollo Theater.
From Los Angeles Times
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
