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outskirts

noun as in edge of a geographic area

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Sitting on a bright orange chinchorro at her home on the outskirts of Riohacha, she explains she leads a group of eight relatives from the rural community where her family is from.

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It follows an intelligence-led raid on a residential apartment on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, where officers seized recruitment materials, travel documents, and job offer letters.

From BBC

Speaking from a command centre specially built on the outskirts of the course, Udice insisted that "a tremendous amount of resources" had been assigned to the event.

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Walking today into Herlev Hospital on the outskirts of Copenhagen makes for a rather different experience to arriving at an average NHS hospital.

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Earlier this week, four Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack on the outskirts of Gaza City.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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