in the middle of

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Ship-to-ship transfers, in which one ship empties—or partially empties—its crude oil into the tanks of another, often in the middle of the ocean, enable crews to conceal the origin of the cargo.

From The Wall Street Journal

I became CEO in the middle of 2006.

From The Wall Street Journal

“He didn’t decide all of a sudden I’m going to be in the middle of Los Angeles, or I’m going to be by Houston,” Simmons said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“He stuck with his strategy of going to these, for the most part, smaller markets that were not in the middle of a bunch of competitors, and stayed there.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Baywatch” showrunner Matt Nix was in the middle of fighting off the wildfire that ravaged his Altadena neighborhood and got dangerously close to his home when he first got the call to lead the reboot.

From Los Angeles Times