amidst

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1. In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.

   “Be a philosopher ; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.”

   “Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes.”