outskirts

Example Sentences

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Last year, German defence tech firm Helsing opened a factory on the city's outskirts, creating 50 jobs producing unmanned submarine gliders.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

"We’ve kept the animals inside since September 9," said Giorgos Xenitidis, a 59-year-old livestock farmer in the outskirts of Thessaloniki.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

During the first weeks of Russia’s Starlink outage, Ukraine was able to push the Russians back from the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, the regional capital, sparing the city from assaults from most artillery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Jason Plotkin was on a Zoom call in a synagogue on the outskirts of Detroit when he heard the crashing sound of a pickup truck ramming into the building.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

We would soon be out of the park, into the outskirts of the city, closer all the time to the safety of the fields and the woods beyond.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo