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"With decreasing support for humanitarian assistance, we then see more Sudanese look for safety, look for opportunity further afield."
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Later on, the influence spread farther afield into Japan and France, where they started adding even more to it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
There has been a growing focus on alternative energies but many of those new roles have been created outside the north east in places like Glasgow, Edinburgh and further afield.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Ships will return to the Middle East from regions “far afield if they see the economic incentive to do so and sustained peace in the Gulf,” Goh told MarketWatch on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Naturally, Europe and its many loops were well-defined, but farther afield things got sketchier.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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