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 The storm, called Winter Storm Blair, is dropping a combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures across the U.S., also creating havoc for drivers amid icy road conditions and blizzard-like weather. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025 Slightly more stocks fell in the S&P 500 than rose amid the mixed trading. Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025 The strike comes just one week before Christmas, amid the rush of last-minute holiday gift deliveries. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024 The release date comes after the movie, written and directed by Elijah Bynum, had a setback amid Majors' legal issues with his former girlfriend Grace Jabbari. Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for amid 

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“Amid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amid. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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