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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 Journalists, as a result, will have no trouble recognizing themselves in The Paper, which captures the quirks, jargon, and inside jokes of newsroom life while still delivering plenty of laughs amid the chaos. Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The 47-year-old British-American model and author has assumed the rule of caretaker of her husband, Bruce Willis, amid his ongoing fight against frontotemporal dementia. Ryan Coleman September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Ben Atar's post soon spread, and her claims were shared by users on other social media platforms amid online speculation about the whereabouts and well-being of the president, who at that time had not been seen in public since a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Kim, Xi and Putin gathered for the military parade amid Ukrainian and Western concerns over the collaboration of the three nations in bolstering Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ongoing since February 2022. Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for amid
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  • Of note among the displays were new DF-61 and DF-31BJ intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), evidence of China’s development of mobile ICBMs as part of its nuclear deterrent arsenal.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Although a congressional stock trading ban is a popular issue among the public, some Republicans have expressed frustration with Luna’s effort to force the speaker to put the bill on the floor, one senior GOP House staffer told the Washington Examiner last month.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
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    Chris Spargo, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Amid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amid. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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