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neighbor

[ney-ber] / ˈneɪ bər /
NOUN
person who lives close by
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I set out to document these quiet exchanges in my Buy Nothing group, drawn to the question of why people choose to pass their belongings from one neighbor to another.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

He has posted repeatedly that “this deal is in no way subject to Lebanon,” while emphasizing that Israel is “PROHIBITED” from bombing its neighbor.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

In Wiles’ case, she wrote: “Told them my upstairs neighbor was a celebrity,” while posting an image of herself posing in her kitchen.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Alice Coltrane was born in Detroit, and was a product of the same environment that gave the world Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and Berry Gordy, Jr., who was a neighbor.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

And the Soviet Union, Germany’s geographic neighbor, was very worried about it.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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