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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  • About 31% of the cases involve children under 5 years, 38% involve children and teens between 5 and 19, and 29% involve adults.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
  • So, if your birthdate falls between the first and 10th of the month, you would have been paid on April 9; born between the 11th and 20th, you'd have been paid on the April 16, and if you were born after the 20th of the month, you will get paid on April 23.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 19 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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  • Defending champion Scottie Scheffler will try to win his third green jacket and Rory McIlroy will try again to win his first as the biggest names in golf come together amid the Georgia pines for 2025's first major championship.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • 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

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“Among.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/among. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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