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neighbors

  • plural
    of neighbor.
    neighbor
    noun
    a person who lives near another.

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However, the proposed transformation sparked fierce backlash from neighbors, who objected to the scale of the project.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

"If you get a lot of ice floes together in the same place with some wind, they bump into each other and transfer energy to neighbors," Rallabandi said.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

Lineage worked with neighbors affected by the blaze, interacting with almost all of the hundreds of directly impacted households, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Turkle views this as part of a “deteriorating” sense of responsibility to our neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

And that their new neighbors— whom Mom had taken fresh-baked banana bread to and heartily welcomed to the neighborhood—those same neighbors had been lying to their only son for his entire life.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix