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neighbors

NOUN
person who lives close by
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Local coalitions of neighbors are springing up in the most rural towns and counties as quiet, nature-filled lands are being replaced with loud, energy intensive data centers.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

In Albania, he was intrigued by growing tourism in a Mediterranean country that lacked the same high-end hotel infrastructure of its coastal neighbors of Greece and Montenegro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

When she and her gardener sheet-mulched the front yard with cardboard Amazon boxes she had collected from her neighbors in October, one neighbor joked that it looked ready for Halloween.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In America’s least populous state, neighbors are in an uproar over plans to build a small city to house thousands of out-of-state workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Denied a bed and hospitality for the night, Booth and Herold continued to search for transportation at the house of one of Stuart’s neighbors, a man of color named Lucas.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson



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