outskirts

Example Sentences

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They travel by bus to the healer's home on the outskirts of the capital.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The report said that over the past 12 months, the gangs had expanded beyond the capital Port-au-Prince, pushing into its outskirts and moving further north.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Bellamy chooses to work at Wales' national development centre on the outskirts of Newport because, in his words, this is a football place.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

During the first weeks of Russia’s Starlink outage, Ukraine was able to push the Russians back from the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, the regional capital, sparing the city from assaults from most artillery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

We passed through the outskirts of Norfolk, and the people of that town surveyed our bedraggled carnage with a gray, defeated mien.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson