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environs

[en-vahy-ruhnz, -vahy-ernz, en-ver-uhnz, -vahy-ernz] / ɛnˈvaɪ rənz, -ˈvaɪ ərnz, ˈɛn vər ənz, -vaɪ ərnz /


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A science center also was included in the plans shared with the Nebraska Capitol Environs Commission earlier this week.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2018

The latest is The Environs of Rouen, painted in 1960, luminous proof of how apt was his self-summation as a "cubist impressionist."

From Time Magazine Archive

This Winchester is a fine place: a beautiful Cathedral and many other ancient buildings in the Environs.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

Continents And continental oceans intervene; 244 A sea uncharted, on a lampless isle, Environs and confines their wandering child In vain.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Later on it was used as a lunatic asylum, and was so when Thorne wrote his "Environs" in 1876.

From Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir




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