outskirt

Example Sentences

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At the Egypt team hotel on the outskirts of Cairo, those who have shared the dressing room with Salah are not concerned about their captain's actions, insisting he is a model professional.

From BBC

On Friday, he recorded a video on the outskirts of the eastern city of Kupyansk, which Russia last month claimed to have seized.

From The Wall Street Journal

While scouting locations in “the outskirts of London,” Lanthimos took Price’s idea one step further.

From Los Angeles Times

When that coupling is weak or missing, the trains stall at the station's outskirts and cannot advance.

From Science Daily

Fearing the worst, my friend snapped into action, calling around to several acquaintances until one located an obstetrician she trusted who traveled from her home on the outskirts of the city to a clinic downtown.

From Salon