vicinity
Example Sentences
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He insisted there had been "no military facilities, intelligence service facilities or related services in the vicinity."
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Iran’s renewed attacks on commercial vessels in the vicinity of the strait highlighted the slow-burning, tit-for-tat battle playing out in the waters around the region.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
"The past 24 people that have been to the vicinity of the Moon were all white men from America," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
SG: I was cruising around that vicinity trying to see if I could get a good vantage point to take photos of Vertigo.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Besides our place, there was only one other house in the vicinity.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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