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neighbors

NOUN
person who lives close by
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If it were true, he quipped, a small country like Singapore would have been swallowed by its neighbors a long time ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Especially after 5,000 of your neighbors show up for the housewarming party.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

A series of military exercises taking place in empty buildings across the Southland are scaring residents and rattling neighbors as the sound of gunfire rings out in the dark and troops descend from helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The county, he said, could ask for “beautification of the building site” and minimize impact to neighbors.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Even back on the farm, surrounded by friends from school and neighbors from town, he felt like he was still drifting on the dark ocean.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis



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