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The fact that he was celebrating another loss for the star-crossed city of Detroit only enhances the symbolism.

I know that Detroit is losing market share in auto sales, but how did they let the Motown sound slip out of their hands?

Buffalo ranked tenth in the nation, while Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked twelth and thirteenth, respectively.

The seven-year-old Detroit girl was sleeping on the couch as her grandmother sat next to her watching television.

Just as often, and to more stinging effect, the adjectives come from black people in this town an hour north of Detroit.

No man was more highly respected for unswerving integrity, and uprightness of purpose, than Robert Banks, of Detroit.

Along the shores of these mighty lakes fighting was going on; at Detroit on the west; at Niagara on the east.

A man sprang up on the rail of the Detroit and waved a white flag to show that they had surrendered.

They were the ships Detroit and Queen Charlotte, a large brig, two schooners, and a sloop.

The straits of Detroit have been well surveyed, and afford a deep, navigable channel at all times.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Detroit, such as: motown, arsenal of democracy, automobile city, big d, city of straits, and fordtown.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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