vicinity
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He insisted there had been "no military facilities, intelligence service facilities or related services in the vicinity."
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Iran’s renewed attacks on commercial vessels in the vicinity of the strait highlighted the slow-burning, tit-for-tat battle playing out in the waters around the region.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
SG: I was cruising around that vicinity trying to see if I could get a good vantage point to take photos of Vertigo.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
None of his neighbors knew to whom the graves belonged, or where the families who had lived in their immediate vicinity might be.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Grandma was standing on her chair, howling like a wolf, and Arnold was smiling and shaking hands with everyone in his vicinity.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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