purlieus

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Or a cumulative juggernaut that is operating outside the purlieus of human agency.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2017

French is still popular within the purlieus staked out by France's masterful 17th century diplomat, Cardinal Richelieu; it is used in Common Market areas * and is popular among Eastern European emissaries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Atlas, still little known beyond the purlieus of Wall Street, acquired control of two well known investment trusts, and with them, management contracts.

From Time Magazine Archive

The people from the People's Republic are all dedicated revolutionaries, but they are also well-born intellectuals, educated elitists who have traveled widely and are no strangers to the purlieus of diplomacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I was pricking through the purlieus of the forest after that Beast, you know, when I met with a solemn friar of orders grey, and he told me. It’s the very latest news.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White