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perimeter

[puh-rim-i-ter] / pəˈrɪm ɪ tər /


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After it overshot the runway, the plane - Amazon Prime Air Flight 7598 - struck equipment on the ground, hit a white Ford van, then continued onward through a perimeter fence.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Some days in middle school, during gym class, my daughter went outside and walked the perimeter of the school.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

Moroccan police made "no serious attempt to try to reduce, disperse or move the mass of people away from the border perimeter", the report said.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

The cougar was found lying on the sidewalk under the shade of a tree, where deputies set up a perimeter to keep vehicles and people away.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

He walked casually around the perimeter of the circle, allowing everyone a closer look before stopping in the middle of the platform.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The number of potentially displaced people would change markedly if the size of the actual security perimeters is smaller or bigger.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

He appeared to suggest progress towards an agreement had been made, saying that the "perimeters of a deal has been agreed to".

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Police may close roads, establish perimeters, kettle crowds, redirect traffic, block movement, and call those acts public order.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

It would require combat troops to secure perimeters, engineers with excavating equipment to search through debris and check for mines and booby traps, and special-operations forces with expertise in handling nuclear material.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

The brilliant white stakes that marked the perimeters of buildings imparted to the land the look of a Civil War burial ground.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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