Mississippi officials were reportedly considering breaching a side of the dam that abuts a forested area in order to relieve pressure.

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Along with his parents, his American girlfriend was there, and we sat together in a tiny living room that abuts the family kitchen.

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But it abuts a lagoon only a few hundred yards from the coast and is on sandy soil, which facilitates drainage and reduces construction costs.

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In mainly Romanian-speaking Moldova, Russia maintains a big military base in a separatist enclave called Transdniestria, which abuts Ukraine and is largely populated by Slavs.

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It has installed 10.4 acres of purifying plants on the roof of its truck factory in Dearborn, a suburb that abuts Detroit and houses Ford's headquarters.

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As U.S. military, Pakistani forces and Afghan officials sought to piece together the incident, Afghan, U.S. and Western officials said the attack took place in response to fire from the remote Pakistani posts in the Mohmand tribal region, a lawless border area that abuts Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province.

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