The town's environs included a forested area and many rolling hills.    From LearnThat.org. 

The goal of the environs is to force people to use fewer fossil fuels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvard: Erm, that WH policy means tripling the price of gas. | RedState] Reference

The resolution of the sattelite images for Beersheba, Israel and its environs is not high enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Landscape challenge #3] Reference

William Kent Kreuger's series set in rural Minnesota and surrounding environs is as gripping as any big city tale.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gravel Road of Broken Dreams] Reference

He established himself within what are now called the environs of.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Visit to the United States in 1841] Reference

A feature near the park that drew fishermen to the environs was the HL&P outlet spillway.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference

He now demands the removal of our troops from Graudenz and its environs, that is to say from Prussian Poland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference

The question to be determined was: What were "environs" and how far do they extend?.    From Wordnik.com.  [With the Allies] Reference

And President Gilman said, "He may find that the environs are a little strange to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Broadus Mitchell, August 14 and 15, 1977. Interview B-0024. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

Brierges, and Morgan decided Brierges was out of bounds and that the limits of our "environs" had been reached.    From Wordnik.com.  [With the Allies] Reference

We are very happy and contented to listen to the sound of the jungle and to be in such environs which is spiritually stimulating.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

I prefer to keep my pass and use it in 'environs' where there is fighting. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [With the Allies] Reference

Political environs caused Senator Chuck Hagel to retire in 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don Kraus: The Death of GOP Internationalism] Reference

Nothing subverts my travel operations in the environs of the place.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mess] Reference

The environs in this part of New York, however, weren't always trendy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fearing a Retail Invasion] Reference

All I ask is, that the beauty of the environs of Boston may be preserved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parks for the People Proceedings of a Public Meeting held at Faneuil Hall, June 7, 1876] Reference

The British pushed the Taliban out of the town and the immediate environs.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Marines, British advisers at odds in Helmand] Reference

That means spending probably 60 to 70% of our time in the New York City environs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cuomo Urged To Fight Back] Reference

Streamline, for one, currently delivers only to people in Boston and its environs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nochores.Com] Reference

About 200 comets revisit Earth's environs more often than once every two centuries.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE SCIENCE OF DOOM] Reference

The index reveals almost everything a foreigner might want to know about Kabul and its environs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

Are the Feds taking a special interest in the Islamic community of Greensboro, N.C., and environs?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A North Carolina Qaeda Cell?] Reference

Any other man would have thought to pause and with indulgence, heap some contempt on his environs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pulse-Soldier] Reference

Now the Masters of the Universe are being summoned to somewhat less august environs: housing court.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Red In Greenwich] Reference

In retrospect, the idea seems obvious enough: make the clothes inexpensive and the environs amusing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Downscale Moves Up] Reference

The pictures were taken by the space probe Galileo on a two-year mission to the planet and its environs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jupiter Steals The Show] Reference

A thornier discussion is how shows like Jersey are seen in less-hospitable environs, such as the Middle East.    From Wordnik.com.  [America’s New Icons] Reference

Today's simulators visuals are so advanced, every detail of a particular airport and its environs are included.    From Wordnik.com.  [How The Hijackers Did It] Reference

But he never warmed to these more temperate environs, and certainly never warmed to the locals who came to run it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ted Stevens was noted D.C. home rule foe] Reference

During the day, we explored the town's three wineries, each making terrific wine though in very different environs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Tulipan: My Secret Travel Spot] Reference

Obviously no sensible administration would go out of its way to upset Wall Street and its environs, at home and abroad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memo To The 1993 Crowd: Believe In Yourselves] Reference

The Minneapolis-based Caribou Coffee chain has begun adding corporate meeting rooms to its shops 'mountain-cabin environs.    From Wordnik.com.  [NOT ANOTHER POWERPOINT PRESENTATION!] Reference

Not that the Celtic Tiger ever prowled much in the inner city environs of Faithful Place, the street on which Frank grew up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tana French's new mystery, "Faithful Place," reviewed by Maureen Corrigan] Reference

Pitching in baseball madhouses like Boston or New York just isn't the same as pitching in Texas or other less rabid environs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Desperately Seeking Relief] Reference

In other words: How would DC's own superheroes adapt to their comic-book environs shifting from Gotham to the City of Angels?.    From Wordnik.com.  [PUTTING THE 'L.A.' in 'JLA': How might DC superheroes fare in their new California digs?] Reference

In the space previously occupied by a Mediterranean restaurant, he is opening a new Nahm in the chic environs of the Metropolitan hotel.    From Wordnik.com.  [One night in Bangkok on the trail of Thai street food] Reference

Back in 1980, after a Monday-night game, Patriots fans ran amok, trashing the stadium and the environs and even assaulting police officers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Dangers In The Dawg Pound] Reference