periphery
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In a ditch near a military outpost on Obeid’s periphery, an army engineer walked through a graveyard of RSF drones shot down in recent days.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
No longer could the Politburo rely on centuries-old doctrine of strategic withdrawal from the periphery to the interior, seeking better ground from which to repel an invader.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Navy and Air Force from operating within their extended periphery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
But the previous conflicts were fought on the periphery, away from Khartoum.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
I see a flicker of movement in my periphery, and look out the window that faces the apple orchard.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing periphery
The Kite Runner
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Human Geography - High School
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The Devil's Arithmetic
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