outskirts
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Tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate from an area close to Reno, Nevada, as a large wildfire reached the outskirts of the city.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
A logistics centre next to an Ozon facility on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg was also hit overnight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The corporation is signing a lease worth more than $1 million for manufacturing space at the Kapaa Industrial Park, a maze of steel buildings on the outskirts of Kailua.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Nearly a quarter of the Spokane population was forced to evacuate the wildfires, which swept through the outskirts of the city over the weekend.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The competition was to take place on the outskirts of London at a private boys’ school in an area called South Croydon.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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