house-to-house
adjective
: going or done by going from one building to the next
house-to-house fighting
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Afghanistan recently suspended its house-to-house polio vaccination efforts.
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Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
During a June 2024 nationwide campaign, Afghanistan used a house-to-house vaccination strategy for the first time in five years, a tactic that helped to reach the majority of children targeted, the WHO said.
—Riazat Butt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
Once one house catches fire, house-to-house fire spread is facilitated by closer distances between buildings.
—Bryce Young Christopher Moran, WIRED, 20 July 2024
Williams Bay: No injuries, multiple reports of 'extensive damage'
In Williams Bay, located along Geneva Lake, emergency responders conducted a house-to-house search to ensure the safety of residents.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2024
Over 30 women volunteered to drive their own vehicles to transport others to conferences, for house-to-house canvassing, to meetings in Baltimore, and to myriad other activities supporting the war effort.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2024
The killings emphasized the dangers hostages face in areas of house-to-house combat like Shijaiyah, where nine soldiers were killed last week in one of the war's deadliest days for Israeli ground forces.
—Julia Frankel, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2023
The epicenter of the fighting, bombardment, and chaos is in Khan Yunis, where Israel’s ground operation entered its eighth day since the collapse of the cease-fire, and where Israeli forces engaged in house-to-house combat with Hamas.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2023
Policy experts predict an invasion would result in brutal house-to-house fighting and high civilian casualties.
—Mallory Moench, TIME, 15 Oct. 2023
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Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
During a June 2024 nationwide campaign, Afghanistan used a house-to-house vaccination strategy for the first time in five years, a tactic that helped to reach the majority of children targeted, the WHO said.
—Riazat Butt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
Once one house catches fire, house-to-house fire spread is facilitated by closer distances between buildings.
—Bryce Young Christopher Moran, WIRED, 20 July 2024
Williams Bay: No injuries, multiple reports of 'extensive damage'
In Williams Bay, located along Geneva Lake, emergency responders conducted a house-to-house search to ensure the safety of residents.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2024
Over 30 women volunteered to drive their own vehicles to transport others to conferences, for house-to-house canvassing, to meetings in Baltimore, and to myriad other activities supporting the war effort.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2024
The killings emphasized the dangers hostages face in areas of house-to-house combat like Shijaiyah, where nine soldiers were killed last week in one of the war's deadliest days for Israeli ground forces.
—Julia Frankel, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2023
The epicenter of the fighting, bombardment, and chaos is in Khan Yunis, where Israel’s ground operation entered its eighth day since the collapse of the cease-fire, and where Israeli forces engaged in house-to-house combat with Hamas.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2023
Policy experts predict an invasion would result in brutal house-to-house fighting and high civilian casualties.
—Mallory Moench, TIME, 15 Oct. 2023
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