How to Use next-door in a Sentence
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The shrine also offers free housing and food for out-of-town patients receiving treatment at the next-door government hospital, acting as a traveler’s rest house just as the shrine did when it was first established.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2024
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The babysitters count the kids' heads and there's this next-door neighbor kid who has one scene.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
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The $15 drink will be served frozen, which should pair nicely with a view of the restaurant’s next-door pool.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
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The next-door neighbors have played just three times in the last half-century.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
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The cocktail bar will be next-door, at 2909 Greenville Ave., Dallas.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
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Our next-door neighbor passed away in July 2021 and didn’t leave a will.
—Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
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His next-door neighbor was George Clooney; Jimmy Page lived down the street.
—David Segal, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
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Yes, rush-hour commutes are a pain and the next-door neighbors might be too close for comfort.
—David Martindale, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
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Candace Green, Bay’s next-door neighbor, said her son went to school with Trey’Shawn.
—Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
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My brother is my next-door neighbor, and my parents are just down the street from us.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
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Kiki on the River is about to get a glamorous new next-door neighbor.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
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His next-door neighbor, a fellow named Roger Staubach, had dropped by for a visit.
—David Moore, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
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Dear Amy: My husband and I have become close friends with our next-door neighbors.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
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The couple’s guitar-playing next-door neighbor, Ed Means, joined the group six years ago.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
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The latter space, along with the next-door powder room and outdoor kitchen, was remodeled in 2021.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
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Her next-door neighbors have two sons, who have helped out many times with shoveling snow.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
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The gathering was meant to impress his wealthy next-door neighbors.
—Anne Stein, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
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Tina Fey then enters the proceedings as Rita, next-door neighbor of the first Maggie to wind up dead.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 15 June 2023
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Borland said her well and those of her next-door neighbors have some of the worst contamination.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
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Other footage showed a blast at the building next-door, caused by what the Israeli military said was an Israeli strike.
—Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
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The female victim stumbled out of the home and onto the porch of their next-door neighbor while bleeding profusely.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 18 May 2024
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His next-door Roseville neighbor Tina Ruth said Farkas didn’t shy away from sharing his story.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
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He can be seen on a next-door neighbor's Ring camera banging on their door, but no one responded.
—Cameron Rubner, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
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More than 30 people somehow cram each night into a next-door room under a roof pocked with bullet holes.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
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The couple is now recovering in next-door rooms at the hospital.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2023
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The resident said his next-door neighbors were hosting a party late Aug. 19 and early Aug. 20.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
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Touch it, and you’re ushered into the presence of the Armstrongs’s close friend and next-door neighbor Selma Heraldo.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 20 Sep. 2023
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There’s new ownership at Humphrey’s and its next-door fine-dining sister-restaurant The Bottle.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
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Or, at the very least, to talk them out of following the lead of next-door juntas, in Mali and Burkina Faso, by turning to Russia for support.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2023
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My balcony lent views to the next-door golf course and guests hanging out on the terrace, plus the marble bathroom had a separate walk-in shower and bathtub (score).
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
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Reed opened his gallery just next door to Voloshyn last fall.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
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The house next door was torn down and Casa De Locos was next.
—Stephanie Salas-Vega, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
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The white student who no longer wished to share a room with LeVias moved to the dorm room next door.
—Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
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The woman had to jump out a window and run next door for help.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
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His 5-year-old friend, who lives in the tent next door, ran alongside him.
—Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
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His cousin lives in a home next door to the construction site.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
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For The Times) Now the keepers live in the smaller structure next door to the main building.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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Just next door to the farm is where Cascetta and her family lived.
—Shosh Bedrosian, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
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Losers’ success led to Winners right next door, as well as the Dawg House.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
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The bar opens daily at 3 p.m., two hours before the steakhouse and Paisano’s next door.
—Charlie Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
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On Main Street, there was, like, a gay and lesbian bookshop right next door to the gun shop.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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There were no cousins next door, no aunts or uncles in the neighborhood to go to.
—Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
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His aunt, who lives next door, went outside after the storm passed.
—Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
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Madison had been told that armed men kicked in the door of the home of J.C.’s sister, who lived next door to J.C. with her son.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
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To cut a hole in our bathroom wall to access the Apple Store next door and steal $500k worth of Iphones🙄.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
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To cut a hole in our bathroom wall to access the Apple Store next door and steal $500k worth of Iphones🙄 2.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
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The eatery opened next door to its decade-old sibling, Chef's Table, last year and has caused quite a stir in Chester.
—Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 10 June 2024
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His cousin, who lived next door to my husband for about 15 years and was best friends with us for 50 years, happened by the grave.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
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But a few years later, Singkawang’s largest shopping mall was built next door.
—Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
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At that time, the golden retriever next door had just died.
—Matt Keenan, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
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The frat boys move in next door and quickly start shenanigans on the block with their partying.
—EW.com, 5 July 2024
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The fire extended to the home next door as well as behind it on Oakley Street, Alkins said.
—Maeve Lawler, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
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Sally Reed looks like the girl next door, the perfect picture of what the American dream is to a guy like him.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
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The fire then spread to a hardware store next door and a nearby furniture store.
—MartÍn Adames AlcÁntara and DÁnica Coto, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
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Benami lives next door to the Haskell home and her kids would often play with their three boys.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
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The neighbors next door have the exact same laundry machine.
—Carol Ryan, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
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The trip was very secret, not even his beloved grandparents, who lived next door, knew about it.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
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With the help of federal subsidies, Ms. Gale was able to purchase the two units next door.
—Leah Willingham, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
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Afterward, while the car was at the wash, Tony walked into an antique store next door.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
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The neighbor ran next door to the father's house and both the father and neighbor pulled the baby out of the car, called 911 and tried CPR, police said.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 1 Aug. 2024
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