vicinity

At this World Cup, they did everything to put the ball in his vicinity, while he stalked around, shunting his way into space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

In November 2025, regulators issued violations to contractors there for using equipment during a pipeline pressure test that is prohibited within 1,000 feet of a school, of which there are three in the immediate vicinity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The solution is essentially an array of specialized sensors that allows a Digit 5 to reliably detect people in its vicinity and slow its movements the closer someone gets to it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The acting head of the SBU, Oleksandr Poklad, was not in the vicinity at the time of the attack, a senior official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

A few people shake their heads stiffly, begging me with their eyes to stop drawing attention to their vicinity.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

The team also prepared training sessions and webinars available to schools to help them identify potential hazards in their vicinities and structural weaknesses in their buildings.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2021

The answer was that all of Lion Air’s accidents happened during takeoffs and landings and therefore at relatively low speed, either on runways or in their immediate obstacle-free vicinities.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2019

The community is virtually invisible, with most people working in meat-producing factories in the vicinities while those in town keep an extremely low profile.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2018

Antiquities trafficking is ongoing, but to a lesser degree thanks to strict security measures at historical sites and their vicinities.

From US News ● Apr. 5, 2016

This done, or this left not done, you strike off leftward, that is northward, in some open vehicle, for survey of Torgau and its vicinities and environs.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle