perimeter
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We park on the perimeter of a field, in the shade of a row of lindens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The US handles security within the base; the UK is responsible all threats outside the perimeter.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Unlike a football stadium, the MCG has a huge, oval-shaped field, which means there will be more perimeter space around the playing surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The jet then tore through a perimeter fence, bashing an SUV traveling on a public road and hitting a second fence line separating an area where robotaxis were parked, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
The president felt as if “he was himself again” when he saw people swimming and walking at the beach, boats sailing on the ocean, and the soldiers pacing the perimeter of the cottage lawn.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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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
"However, officers were required to enforce... life-saving guidelines when crowds later exceeded authorised capacity and seemingly attempted to breach security perimeters into the Old City," they said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 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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