outskirts
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Chesapeake was the primary funder of the first boathouse on a seven-mile stretch of river on the outskirts of downtown, and it supported developing a sports program to foster a rowing-and-paddling community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Marset hails from a neighborhood on the outskirts of Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nusrat Osman, 47, was freed on Thursday during an operation on the outskirts of the southern city of Blantyre, police said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Oh, there’s the senator,’” Sullivan, a former elementary-school teacher, said in his workshop on the outskirts of this island fishing village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
After Samir traded the coral for some gold, sugarcane syrup, and several sea sponges, we found a neglected teahouse in the outskirts of the tent city.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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