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perimeter
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  • He unearthed several shovelfuls of dirt in this manner, before it occurred to him that he was dumping his dirt within the perimeter of his hole.  (source)
    perimeter = boundary (outer edge)
  • The first sign of trouble had been Kalo waving a tattered red umbrella and chasing his four attack dogs along the inside perimeter of the fence.  (source)
    perimeter = outer edge
  • He was standing there checking the perimeter when the boy turned and buried his face against him.  (source)
    perimeter = the outer edge
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  • Bunker Six, a pile of sandbags at the southwest corner of the perimeter.  (source)
    perimeter = the outer edge of a defended area
  • They crawled on their stalk legs around the curved perimeters of the glass as if the world had shrunk to that jar.†  (source)
  • The perimeter of the camp was marked by intricate patterns of barbed wire barriers.  (source)
    perimeter = the outer edge
  • It's strange to remember how we used to think, as if everything were available to us, as if there were no contingencies, no boundaries; as if we were free to shape and reshape forever the ever-expanding perimeters of our lives.†  (source)
  • When they reached the perimeter of Molching, Liesel threw some words across.†  (source)
  • He had to assume that there was a fourth or a fifth, or even a sixth animal patrolling the perimeters of Swayne's grounds.†  (source)
  • Family members line up around the perimeter, holding tightly to one another's hands.†  (source)
  • The brilliant white stakes that marked the perimeters of buildings imparted to the land the look of a Civil War burial ground.†  (source)
  • In the corner of his desk a word appeared and began marching around the perimeter of the desk.†  (source)
  • Insurgents had been testing the perimeters, sneaking as close as they dared and spraying the base with their AKs.†  (source)
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