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as in among
in or into the middle of having grown up amid farmers and ranchers, Keith still thinks of himself as a country boy at heart

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as in during
in the course of amidst the messy divorce proceedings they never forgot that their children mattered most

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Recent Examples of amid The cast opens up about building their futures, holding tight to the friendships that ground them and finding their place amid the hustle and heart of New York City. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025 The looming job losses at a time only 36% of hospitals in metropolitan Port-au-Prince remain open amid attacks against health facilities by armed groups, and as donor support to help with the country’s humanitarian crisis continues to fall short. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025 But before achieving stardom, Hopkins grew up in Port Talbot—a small Welsh steelworks town—amid war and depression. Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025 Flight disruptions occurred across Russia amid the attacks. David Brennan, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for amid
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  • Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women, behind lung cancer, although death rates have been decreasing over the last three decades.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The White House said the executive order guarantees that AI will be integrated into US Department of Health and Human Services systems for sharing health information among health care systems, organizations and patients.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • Indeed, the flurry of AI deals announced during the month, with OpenAI at the center of many of them, turbocharged the stock market.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Russia's Defense Ministry reported downing a total of 2,788 long-range Ukrainian drones during September, at an average of just under 93 per day.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Amid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amid. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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