outskirts

Example Sentences

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Making films on the outskirts of legality under an authoritarian regime entails high-stakes discretion.

From Los Angeles Times

If you wanted to create a setting for a spy school, then the campus of Sciences Po Saint-Germain on the outskirts of Paris seems a good fit.

From BBC

After Xiaomi launched an online lottery last January for public access to its highly-automated facility on the outskirts of Beijing, locals and tourists rushed to enter.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I dreamed about Washington, the outskirts of Seattle,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the Egypt team hotel on the outskirts of Cairo, those who have shared the dressing room with Salah are not concerned about their captain's actions, insisting he is a model professional.

From BBC