outskirts
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The mid-range apartment hotel where they are staying is on the outskirts of Kinshasa, near the international airport in the Mikindo district, one of the poorest in the city.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Every dawn or dusk, Sevidov leaves his grey apartment block on the outskirts of Kryvyi Rig, an industrial city in central Ukraine, to see what birds he can spot.
From Barron's • May 20, 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
“It’s true that there’s a blockade against Cuba, but something good has to come out of all this,” said Iraida Ávila, who lives on the outskirts of Havana with her daughter, who has cystic fibrosis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
He drove fast and, on the outskirts of Umuahia, Olanna asked, “Did you do anything with Alice?”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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