1) Against a backdrop of 2) Among 3) Amongst 4) Amongst a dim assembly 5) Anagram for maid 6) At a time of 7) At the center 8) At the center of 9) At the heart of 10) At the hub of 11) Between 12) Between morning and one day 13) Betwixt 14) Betwixt and between 15) Bunched in with 16) Centered 17) Centered in 1) Among 2) During 
• (prep.) See Amidst. • (prep.) In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
A·mid' preposition See Amidst . 
in the middle of; surrounded by; among: to stand weeping amid the ruins. · during; in or throughout the course of.