outskirts
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The campervan appears to have been parked 40 miles away from the couple's house on the outskirts of Glasgow.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Burnham is seeking to become an MP again on 18 June in the Makerfield by-election, on the outskirts of Wigan, in what is expected to be a closely-fought contest with Reform UK's Robert Kenyon.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Every dawn or dusk, Sevidov leaves his grey apartment block on the outskirts of Kryvyi Rig, an industrial city in central Ukraine, to see what birds he can spot.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
“It’s true that there’s a blockade against Cuba, but something good has to come out of all this,” said Iraida Ávila, who lives on the outskirts of Havana with her daughter, who has cystic fibrosis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
We drove through the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and then along the outskirts of Washington, D.C., where we passed a temple with gold spires striking up into the air.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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