next door to
Example Sentences
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“This case is about what made that crisis preventable — and about accountability for families left to carry the cost of someone else’s failure to safely maintain hazardous chemicals next door to their neighborhoods.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Thompson lives next door to the Allen family and described the suspect’s parents as great neighbors.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
“There was no competition,” said Eben Busa, who grew up next door to Hartford County and bought his first home in the area in 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Lamin then went next door to the Subway sandwich shop to get help.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
The legend above their heads was: “There’s a fool like him in every family—and a woman next door to take him over!”
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
