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nearby

adjective as in adjoining

adverb as in within reach

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Two months later, signs appeared stating rowing through another nearby underpass prone to flooding was prohibited.

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Government investigators also found evidence of burning at the base of a second tower nearby, according to their reports.

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Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said four or five people were taken to a nearby hospital after the enormous explosion that levelled a factory, and that several are deceased.

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In the former, a young boy with a dog stares out at us as a white police officer eyes with suspicion a group of men nearby.

A crowd of about 50 supporters and curious locals meet the candidate at Donkey’s Place, a venerable deli that serves a meatier cheesesteak than more-famous shops in nearby Philadelphia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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