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In another near-by town, the army has replaced the entire police force.
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In another near-by town, the army has replaced the entire police force.
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They sometimes have a difficult time connecting a distant cause to a near-by effect.
Paul Stoller: Seeking a More Cosmopolitan America Paul Stoller 2011
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At the same time, with his head, he indicated the near-by thicket.
CREATED HE THEM 2010
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There are no campsites in this park; there is camping in near-by Sugarloaf Ridge State Park.
Jack London State Historic Park in Sonoma County, Northern California 2010
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They sometimes have a difficult time connecting a distant cause to a near-by effect.
Paul Stoller: Seeking a More Cosmopolitan America Paul Stoller 2011
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At the time it was seriously launched (I gather), EZ was a published designer, and had written “Knitting Without Tears”, and taught a week-long summer school at a near-by university – from which evolved the Knitting Camp.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jean 2009
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Your hero rescued someone from a burning building, his alter-ego could say he was making a near-by delivery.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 1 2009
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They sometimes have a difficult time connecting a distant cause to a near-by effect.
Paul Stoller: Seeking a More Cosmopolitan America Paul Stoller 2011
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A narrow, winding slough; a half tide, exposing mud surfaced with gangrenous slime; the water itself filthy and discoloured by the waste from the vats of a near-by tannery; the marsh grass on either side mottled with all the shades of a decaying orchid; a crazy, ramshackled, ancient wharf; and at the end of the wharf a small, white-painted sloop.
SMALL-BOAT SAILING 2010
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