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Discover LudwigThe phrase "amidst years" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a situation or event occurring during a span of years, often implying a sense of being surrounded by or in the middle of those years. Example: "Amidst years of research and development, the team finally achieved a breakthrough."
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The Dalai Lama tells the story of a Tibetan monk who served 18 years in a Chinese prison but who reports that, amidst years of suffering and torture, the thing he feared most was "losing compassion for the Chinese".
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Amidst his years of studying, Lundgren honed his karate skills by training hard in the dojo for five years, attaining the rank of 2nd dan black belt in Kyokushin in 1978.
The emails released in "Climategate" showed reluctance to release data by a few scientists on a few occasions, amidst ten year's worth of passionate debate and investigation of research issues.
In the last several years amidst a flurry of research, Princeton's Clifford Brangwynne and colleagues discovered that the nucleolus behaves like a liquid with the consistency of honey.
The company has grown steadily over the years, amidst a crowded market, attracting 10 million users to its free Android and iOS apps.
Then, in mid-2009, leftleft Google (where the former professor and computer scientist had been involved with Google.cn and beyond for over four years) amidst the growing criticism in Western media of China's Internet policy, specifically in regards to the Golden Shield, or the Great Firewall of China, as it is fondly known.
Entire communities across the country will continue to crumble for years amidst persistent unemployment.
There were many quiet voices that have been working diligently for many, many years amidst all the fanfare of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Brown is adamant that he hates Nazis, isn't racist, and doesn't consider the flag to be offensive, and he has continued to fly it for years, amidst ongoing complaints from people in his town.
As diplomats convene in Geneva to try to end the Syrian conflict, a new report from the UN's children fund UNICEF highlights the horrors children have endured amidst nearly five years of civil war in Syria.
But even before that, liberal cities were working on ambitious wage policies: In 2014, Seattle stunned wonks and political analysts alike with a plan to phase in a $15 minimum wage over several years amidst what was then a statewide level of $9.32.
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