Sentence examples for nearby settlements from inspiring English sources

(The flood did not reach nearby settlements, and no one was killed or injured).

With its growth as the strongest Sinhalese kingdom, the city of Anuradhapura and the nearby settlements flourished.

Drawing international attention, it became a model for Palestinians campaigning against the Israeli barrier or the expansion of nearby settlements.

But Palestinians said they had only withdrawn to nearby settlements and bases, and could be back in minutes.

Israel says the destroyed homes had been used to fire mortar rounds at Israelis in nearby settlements.

But it acted illegally when it demolished tribal villages and trucked families of Bushmen to nearby settlements, the court said.

Apart from substantial material damage to nearby settlements, the earthquake caused considerable changes to the landscape through many rockfalls and landslides.

Meanwhile, beyond the phalanx of Hummers and military jeeps, the nearby settlements of Modin Ilit and Hashmonaim loom above the fields.

The remote village the family had come from, and a string of nearby settlements, are accessible only by motorbike or foot.

But nothing prepared it for what happened on Wednesday, when it left the mountain town of Vedeno for the nearby settlements of Tzentoroi and Dargo.

After the massacre, Rabin considered dismantling a nearby settlement, Tel Rumeida.