periphery
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Most likely, the Dodgers’ deadline moves will be around the periphery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
In a ditch near a military outpost on Obeid’s periphery, an army engineer walked through a graveyard of RSF drones shot down in recent days.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
To those on the periphery of his world the announcement of his passing was an almighty shock.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Recognizing that geography still matters, they extended their defensive periphery seaward, initially to the first island chain, from Japan to the South China Sea, and then to the second chain and beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Mr. A. H— moves along the periphery, going mostly unnoticed and speaking with only a few of the other guests, including Mr. Barris, who introduces him to Herr Thiessen.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The return of great-power rivalries, and the perennial challenge of disorder from peripheries beyond government control, has made that task a priority again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
During his 12 years as pontiff, Francis visited 68 countries on 47 foreign trips, often choosing destinations on the world's margins, which he described as the Church's "peripheries".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
The observatory may even find the hypothetical Planet Nine, a large world that some astronomers believe is hiding at the solar system’s peripheries.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 9, 2024
The Argentine pontiff has long prioritized visiting Catholic communities in what he calls the peripheries, staying away from the global centers of Catholicism to minister instead to small churches where Catholics are often a minority.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
The Diameters are, as their peripheries Pappus, 5 l. xj, and 26th.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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