environs
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Trump is only the latest president to reshape Washington’s physical environs in line with his political goals.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
The logic behind it is firmly rooted in 19th-century London; back then, the city’s financial elite would regularly escape their stuffy urban environs during the summer months.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
Today, the Sudanese transport company Tarco operates daily crossings, carrying around 200 passengers per trip from the modern port of Suakin, within sight of the ancient city and its impoverished environs.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
Thirty years earlier, scientific assessments had estimated that Prague and its environs had two German-speakers for every Czech-speaker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
“Ask him to give the cops the plate number and tell them that the driver of this vehicle, a black Civic, was acting suspi-ciously in the environs of Valedale Boulevard.”
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing environs
The Federalist Papers, No. 70 by Alexander Hamilton
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