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Taken aback by Gavriel’s fiery outburst, Yair asks in disbelief, “why can’t we live side by side in peace?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Adrian and Ainsley Dondo, 22, from Bradford, graduated earlier this week with 2:1 biomedical science degrees after four years studying side by side at Keele University.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
We’d progressed from walking in the park to perching across from each other in my living room to sitting side by side on the family room sofa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Those changes sat side by side with different types of technologies that I think also increased the likelihood of a candidate-centered campaign.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
We knelt side by side by the window looking out at the woodshed.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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