purlieus
Example Sentences
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Or a cumulative juggernaut that is operating outside the purlieus of human agency.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2017
French is still popular within the purlieus staked out by France's masterful 17th century diplomat, Cardinal Richelieu; it is used in Common Market areas * and is popular among Eastern European emissaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
From there, the controversy spread to the mossy purlieus of British universities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everything grown in areas governed by the Viet Cong, everything manufactured within Viet Cong purlieus, every item that passes through its roads and waterways, is taxed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pigs were driven into the purlieus of the forest, where boys beat the trees to supply them with acorns.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
