variants also amongst
as in amidst
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 Tobacco giants, fossil fuel companies and weapons makers have typically been among those to have been screened out or excluded from sustainable portfolios. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025 Woods was among those to congratulate McIlroy and welcome him to the club. Time, 14 Apr. 2025 That’s among the most pessimistic readings in the 38-year history of mood m0notoring on Main Street. John Buckingham, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 Laos and Myanmar are also among the poorest countries in Asia. John Liu, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for among
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  • To not beat Ipswich, a team heading straight back to the Championship following last year’s promotion, home or away this season (Chelsea lost 2-0 in December’s reverse fixture), could be the difference between qualifying for the 2025-26 Champions League or not.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • That stemmed from the infamous 2017 play in a game between the Orioles and Red Sox in which Machado slid past the bag and had his spikes go into Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia’s calf.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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  • The team used surrogate dogs -- since adopted through the humane society -- to help give birth to the dire wolves, which are white.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Mahdi's earliest memory was his father slamming his mother through a glass table and later lying to his son and saying his mother was dead.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
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  • Teddi Mellencamp says that her dad, John Mellencamp, is being proactive amid her cancer battle, with the rock icon apparently already making arrangements for her burial in Indiana.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Yet despite the temporary relief, future growth is far from certain amid a very cloudy macro-economic outlook.
    Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Among.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/among. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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