environs

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Nearly every scene is composed as a single-take master shot, observing the characters and their interactions at something of a remove, and showing us how physically and spiritually dwarfed they are by their environs.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a lot to see in Dundee’s environs, including castles and archaeological sites.

From Washington Post

For the people of La Toma and environs, gold mining has historically been a key source of income, supplementing subsistence farming.

From Los Angeles Times

A voice might be heard wailing in the environs of Mar-a-Lago: “What did I ever do to Howard University?”

From Washington Post

The globe-trotting birds are in search of an endless summer, and some 90,000 or so depart Alaska from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and environs, where they breed and raise their young.

From New York Times