beside
Example Sentences
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They both depict Napoleon on a horse, one beside the Sphinx, the other before the titular city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
For their crowning moment, athletes lifted their trophy from a plinth beside their competition area before heading to a winners' enclosure in the stands where they joined the likes of Usain Bolt and Noah Lyles.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bill Clinton was beside other past presidents at Ground Zero in New York, but his two White House terms predate the attacks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Lined on the floor was box after box of ballpoint-pen-sized .50-caliber rounds; beside them lay a mound of bullet casings and a half-destroyed drone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
One lunchtime when the bell sounded to return to work, Mrs. Floor did not appear at the bench beside me.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
