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as in almost
very close to but not completely
bought it for next to nothing
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Recent Examples of next to
Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
Keep in mind Banks again won’t be playing next to All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams, who’ll miss his fifth straight game due to an ankle injury.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2023
Several unmoving people could be seen lying on the street next to the pickup truck, the photos show.
—Josh Campbell, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
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Residents have lived next to the second-largest coal pier in the country for over a century, with a view of the open-air coal pile across the street from the recreation center.
—Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
Keep in mind Banks again won’t be playing next to All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams, who’ll miss his fifth straight game due to an ankle injury.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
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He was promoted to the top line Sunday, playing next to Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond.
—Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2023
Several unmoving people could be seen lying on the street next to the pickup truck, the photos show.
—Josh Campbell, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
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At least 38 people are dead and 29 others injured after an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger aircraft crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau Airport close to the Caspian Sea on Wednesday morning, a spokesperson for Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations told ABC News.Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Witnesses reported seeing a man abandon them near the cemetery before driving off.KUTV Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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Fudd returns after two weeks away UConn guard Azzi Fudd returned to the floor on Saturday after missing the previous two weeks with a left knee sprain.Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Misch faces 50 years to life after being convicted of these two murders.Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Its gold edges add an accent color that will pop out against your dinner table in a way that almost mirrors a decorative charger.Sandra S. Soria, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
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In its most recent quarter, Walmart, for example, said that almost one-third of its overall operating income of $6.7 billion now comes from selling advertising.Chris Walton, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The upcoming move looms in the background for much of an episode that is otherwise framed around a wedding celebration of Bandit's brother Radley to Frisky.Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Most are at or around the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) or the Venetian Expo, formerly the Sands Expo, and connected to the Venetian Hotel.Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The economy expanded at nearly a 3% annual pace in the July-September quarter and some economists forecast another solid gain in the final three months of this year.Christopher Rugaber and Anne D’Innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy, confirming a hypothesis made by happenstance nearly a century ago, according to a paper published in Nature Communications on Wednesday.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hollywood quickly became flooded with cars, creating traffic gridlock and an acute lack of parking that left the business district struggling practically from Day One.Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jake has called out McGregor after practically every one of his victories in the boxing ring.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The tarantula was used in the iconic scene in which Marv flings the spider over onto Harry, who is lying on the floor beside him.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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But Optimus, who in the video seems more than happy to be at his mistress’s beck and call, appears less subservient in a series of pictures in which Kardashian, wearing spike heels and lingerie, poses beside him and a gold Tesla Cybercab.Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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According to a 2023 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, the education level of 31% of Tennesseans age 25 and older is a high school diploma or its equivalent.Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Austin American-Statesman A Travis County District judge on Friday instructed the city of Bee Cave and the owners of the West Austin Business Park to craft an order by Jan. 10 to temporarily halt its construction until the case can go to a jury trial.Austin American-Statesman, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Dec. 2024
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