perimeter
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Unlike a football stadium, the MCG has a huge, oval-shaped field, which means there will be more perimeter space around the playing surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The plane hit two vehicles, including a white van carrying seven people within the airport perimeter, and a Toyota with three passengers.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Some days in middle school, during gym class, my daughter went outside and walked the perimeter of the school.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Moroccan police made "no serious attempt to try to reduce, disperse or move the mass of people away from the border perimeter", the report said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Then Red screamed at him and entered a perimeter near the bus where the light gave him a surreal visibility.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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The report concluded that 2,191 homeless people would be displaced if the security perimeters measured a half-mile around venues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Some have been turning away from processed foods, shifting to fresher fare on store perimeters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the president pulled back from that threat Saturday, saying the "perimeters" of a deal were there.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Police may close roads, establish perimeters, kettle crowds, redirect traffic, block movement, and call those acts public order.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
They crawled on their stalk legs around the curved perimeters of the glass as if the world had shrunk to that jar.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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