variants or amidst
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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 Sorrell exited the company in 2018 amid a probe of allegations of misconduct, and Read, who spent much of this time building new digital operations, became the company’s new leader. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 June 2025 Pic debuts amid the 20th anniversary of the Madea franchise, which began with Diary of a Mad Black Woman in 2005. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 June 2025 The ceremony, held at Radio City Music Hall amid the art deco splendor of old New York, was presided over by Tony-winner Cynthia Erivo, a natural wonder of the theatrical universe. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025 The other day, amid throngs of schoolkids, a septuagenarian woman with a puff of gray hair, in a black turtleneck and pearl earrings, stepped into the Rose Center for Earth and Space. Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for amid
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    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
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    Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 14 June 2025
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    Md Fazlur Rahman, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
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“Amid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amid. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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