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amidst

If something is amidst other things, it is in the middle of them. She saw the moon rising above the open sea amidst flying clouds. If something happens amidst other things, it happens at the same time as them. Amdist all the packing and moving, she still had to study.

amidst

in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among

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The war amidst the clouds.
The hunchback dies amidst the falling timber having found them together.
Completely oblivious amidst all the clamor, Nana is only concerned with her beauty.
It looked like a tiny spark lost amidst the fog.
These things appear enigmatic and mysterious. that hundreds of thousands would be led to assemble. amidst calamity and passion.
And now I see huge antlers amidst the trees.
Out there amidst the stones of the city.
It seemed appropriate that he who had lived amidst the cannon's roar should die explosively.
And two weeks later, Antonio was already amidst them.
Perth, the blacksmith, lived amidst thick, hovering flights of sparks. He breathed them in and out. They nested in his ears.
Even amidst a crowd that laughs idiotically. there's always someone who understands, who knows.
I was afraid to die amidst the monkeys..
Amidst the throng of merrymakers, the camera picks up a rather tall, rather suntanned American.
When he is 15 years old, amidst the violence and poverty of the slums. Virgil receives a cello as a gift.
Amidst the uproar of nature our pack animals kept walking unperturbed.
At least you know now why I left London amidst the most shocking crime wave since Jack the Ripper.
Amidst all this plenty, starvation.
Perth, the blacksmith, lived amidst thick, hovering flights of sparks.
There is only heaven, where we lived a long time ago until we were expelled for our sins amidst thunder and fire.
Inside this curio shop next week, from amidst this old-school rococo and some fusty, moth-eaten antiquary, will emerge a bottle- this one.
The miracle ship will sail silently, without shouts or shots, amidst the sounds of beautiful music.
But amidst all our hardships. my daughter Miho was rapidly becoming a woman, and soon it was the spring of her 18th year.
To disappear amidst Milan's masses instead of coming to this silent black city.
Well, uh, be that as it may, l-I want you to go to the dance, Lily, and you, Marilyn, and enjoy yourselves. amidst the lights and the music and the gaiety.
It's very busy amidst all this hubbub and we're short-handed as it is.
You walk amidst strangers, get it?
On a catafalque, lying amidst many candles.
There is a ship Amidst the seas.
The rifle, we'll smuggle it amidst the singers' costumes.
Please, you invite this poor girl amidst your three whores.
I understood that Julie'd be with us always. as long as I'd live amidst everything that belonged to her.
It was a liberation to find himself amidst the most vital intellectual currents of the time.
And even now, amidst of all that's happened it still holds true.

News and current affairs

Amidst this undeniable progress, however, remain widespread poverty, disease, and illiteracy.
Above all, perhaps, these transitions took place amidst a wider network of legitimate institutions - the European Union, OSCE, NATO, and the Council of Europe - championing the rule of law.
What Singh, Lula, and other world leaders really seem to want is to strengthen trust and cooperation even amidst a rapidly changing economy.
Of course, listeners must strain to hear the voices of reformists amidst the din of those calling for resistance to the enemy and a return to the pure sources of Islam.
Mikhail Gorbachev could only have done what he did amidst a crisis of confidence.
Third, diplomacy cannot survive, much less thrive, amidst a deterioration of the day-to-day circumstances on the ground.
Amidst all the headlines about the Democrats gaining control of the United States Congress in the November elections, one big election result was largely ignored.
True, neither of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's two predecessors left amidst scandal as he did.
Amidst so much uncertainty, anything is possible.
Amidst a crumbling economy, the country remains belligerent, using its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, to launch at least one successful drone flight above Israel and reportedly initiating recent cyber attacks.
Unemployment amidst plenty incites distress that statistics cannot capture.
Growth is the only viable solution to all this, but it is nowhere to be seen amidst state controls and rampant corruption.
Two months ago, Bank President Paul Wolfowitz resigned amidst an extraordinary staff mutiny and governance debacle.
There are a few clear points amidst the large uncertainties and confusions.
Yet, amidst the news reports over the past few months of financial fraud, bloodshed in India and Gaza, and global economic disasters, one item stood out for its bravery and nobility.
If, amidst the indifference of the world, Funes chose to play fast and loose with it, Livingstone would be proven wrong: voting can change much, and sometimes for the worse.
Amidst the celebrations and the soul-searching, no meaningful breakthrough in the deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is visible.
And how can hundreds of isolated settlements spread amidst a hostile Palestinian population ever be considered a strategic asset?
True, neither of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's two predecessors left amidst scandal as he did. Then again, both of those resignations suggested that the men in question had not taken the job seriously enough.
Amidst one of the gravest crises in its history, America has proven to itself and the world its ability to reinvent itself.
ATHENS - The year 2009 has been one of great change, taking place amidst even greater uncertainty.
If ASEAN is not allowed a mediating role, the Thai-Cambodian spat may wind its way back to the United Nations Security Council, which earlier delegated the issue to ASEAN amidst heavy lobbying by Cambodia and Thailand.

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