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grabbed the nearby quilt and gently laid it over the sleeping child
I'll be nearby if you need anything
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By the time the show opened on Friday, the Eaton Fire, which is now 95 percent contained, had burned over 14,000 acres and destroyed over 9,000 structures in Altadena, Pasadena, and other areas nearby.
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Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Chrissy is a 2-year-old mixed-breed dog who loves showing off her energetic side outdoors but sometimes gets scared when cars drive nearby.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025
At a mobile base that had been established nearby, powder and water were being mixed into tens of thousands of gallons of fire retardant, in anticipation of an extensive air-attack operation that was meant to paint the ridge pink.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Brady moved into a rental nearby to oversee the extreme makeover, and his supermodel ex bought a place across the way in Surfside for easier coparenting.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Chrissy is a 2-year-old mixed-breed dog who loves showing off her energetic side outdoors but sometimes gets scared when cars drive nearby.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025
At a mobile base that had been established nearby, powder and water were being mixed into tens of thousands of gallons of fire retardant, in anticipation of an extensive air-attack operation that was meant to paint the ridge pink.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Brady moved into a rental nearby to oversee the extreme makeover, and his supermodel ex bought a place across the way in Surfside for easier coparenting.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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nearby
adverb or adjective
near·by
ni(ə)r-ˈbī 
ˈni(ə)r-ˌbī
: close at hand
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