abutted
Example Sentences
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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
After the fatality, authorities made “multiple efforts to trap and remove the bear” from an area that abutted homes, campgrounds and trails, including a search by an aircraft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
The library, which abutted the street, violated that policy.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
The back of their cage nearly abutted the train tracks, and on the tracks directly behind them stood an Amtrak train engine.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
