outskirts

Example Sentences

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“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

On Thursday morning, on a dusty side street on the outskirts of Reggio Emilia, in an everyday kind of place, there were crowds lined up behind barriers, awaiting her arrival.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

A resident of San Miguel del Padron, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Havana, told AFP that people had protested the power cuts by banging pots and pans on Wednesday evening.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

And then there’s a group of folks on the outskirts that are just hanging out because their pals are there, and so someone’s going to come in with an in-joke or a snappy line.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Little Willy’s sled flew by the schoolhouse on the outskirts of town, and then by the old deserted barn.

From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner