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PLA warships and submarines could set off across the 80-mile Taiwan Strait carrying an invasion force, seizing outlying islands and neutralizing their defenses as they progressed.
The Retreat from Afghanistan Has Made America's Allies Nervous. None More So Than Taiwan | Charlie Campbell / Shanghai | September 3, 2021 | TimeInstead, they believe it’s an outlying village whose residents gathered Spanish-made objects through trade, and must have scoured the battle site.
Centuries-old tools reveal how the Chikasha people fought off conquistadors | Sara Chodosh | July 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceLow temperatures will tend to dip to near 50 in the District and 40s in our cooler outlying areas, which is also between five and 10 degrees below average.
Abnormally chilly weather to hover over D.C., may delay cicada outburst | Jason Samenow | May 6, 2021 | Washington PostHowever, an outlying question for this hypothesis is where the floodwaters came from.
Three things to know about the disastrous flood in India | Carolyn Gramling | February 9, 2021 | Science NewsI mean, one of the issues with the Milan’s hospitals right now is, they’re currently filled with people who got sick in outlying areas and then had to move to Milan to be taken care of.
What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)? (Ep. 410) | Stephen J. Dubner | March 26, 2020 | Freakonomics
Halfway to the park, the hustle of Goma and outlying villages faded behind him.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo | Nina Strochlic | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd late Friday night there were more strikes on outlying areas of the besieged city now mostly empty of civilians.
Impotent U.S. Airstrikes, Passive Turks and an ISIS Triumph | Jamie Dettmer | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSalem was established as its center in 1766, with five outlying congregations.
The First Americans to Observe the 4th Were Moravian Pacifists | Linda C. Brinson | July 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd contrary to what you might have heard, this is not some weird, outlying result that doesn't mean anything.
No, Really, It's Possible That Health Insurance May Not Make Us Healthier | Megan McArdle | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSimpson found that OMG easily dates back to the 1980s, and even has an outlying instance in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill.
The Oxford English Dictionary: The Original Crowdsourcer | Josh Dzieza | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey clattered through the outlying bazaar without disturbing a soul.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe outlying provinces of that monarchy in Europe would have sufficed to make three highly respectable states of the second order.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThey stopped a while at mid-day at an outlying farm, but Winston glanced inquiringly at Alfreton when one of the sleighs went on.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossThe fact is there are so many regattas now that the tendency is to concentration, and consequently outlying stations suffer.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.But outlying colonies of their nation exist, as is well known, in several lands, notably in Persia and India.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram
British Dictionary definitions for outlying
/ (ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ) /
distant or remote from the main body or centre, as of a town or region
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