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as in amid
in or into the middle of a gull landed among the burgers-and-fries eaters at the outdoor snack bar, clearly looking for handouts

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Recent Examples of among Concurrently, mental-health crises among teens have become legion. Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026 But some expertise is required to be able to reference Roar among Kidman credits, much less prove that Nine Perfect Strangers and The Perfect Couple are two entirely separate shows. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026 This solid brass showerhead has the patented Anystream 360 system to seamlessly transition among three pressure settings. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 Even among regular users, common mistakes, like under-applying, can limit protection. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for among
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  • The sale of the warehouse came two months after the owner of another Salt Lake City warehouse announced plans not to sell or lease to the federal government amid protests.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Without legal guarantees and amid Venezuela’s institutional crisis, major companies stayed away.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
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  • Miller structured the play differently, snapping back between realism and symbolism, as manifest in Jo Mielziner’s famous original set.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The election is more than a contest between Magyar and Orbán.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
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  • Mariam explained that she’d been admitted to Bronx Science through a program called Discovery, for students from disadvantaged backgrounds whose test scores fell just below the school’s cutoff line.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The cases were further advanced through investigative genetic genealogy, which allowed detectives to identify possible relatives of the unknown suspect.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

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“Among.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/among. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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