outskirts

Example Sentences

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Residents of Rudno, on the outskirts of Lviv and near the aviation plant, told AFP last Friday that they heard explosions at night, and some reported gas outages.

From Barron's

The Cavendish School, in Impington on the outskirts of Cambridge, was originally built for 80 pupils but now has 129 on roll.

From BBC

In Paris, Guinean teenager Boubacar Camara, sleeping in a tent on the outskirts of the city, told AFP he had "no choice but to keep on going".

From BBC

Making films on the outskirts of legality under an authoritarian regime entails high-stakes discretion.

From Los Angeles Times

If you wanted to create a setting for a spy school, then the campus of Sciences Po Saint-Germain on the outskirts of Paris seems a good fit.

From BBC