environs
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Trump is only the latest president to reshape Washington’s physical environs in line with his political goals.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
The logic behind it is firmly rooted in 19th-century London; back then, the city’s financial elite would regularly escape their stuffy urban environs during the summer months.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
The spectacular ensemble, arranged in the order Seurat originally chose, forms a composite portrait of the harbor town and its grassy environs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
For centuries, Lake Maracaibo’s environs were known for natural seepage of oil rising to the surface from sedimentary rock, a phenomenon also seen in sites like Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
The well-to-do grassy environs of Kasselton were only seven miles from the gritty streets of Newark, but the two cities seemed to he from different planets.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Vocabulary lists containing environs
The Federalist Papers, No. 70 by Alexander Hamilton
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