outskirts
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The U.S. had already dispatched 30 health workers to staff the 50-bed unit, located at Laikipia Air Base on the outskirts of the city of Nanyuki.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
"If Ebola comes, we'll be wiped out as we're packed like sardines," Dorcas Mapenzi said at the Kingonze camp on the outskirts of Bunia, the provincial capital.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Under the guidance of Swami Chinmayananda on the outskirts of Mumbai, Rollins devoted his days to reading and discussing sacred Vedic texts.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Inside the long-shuttered St. Vincent Medical Center on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles, bulletin boards, furniture and other remnants of a once active hospital remain, frozen in time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
In the early evenings I did my regular chores at the gas company and late evenings I worked with Mike cleaning the Standard Oil Company, which was located on the outskirts of Santa Maria.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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