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borough

[bur-oh, buhr-oh] / ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ /
NOUN
incorporated municipality smaller than a city
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Alexandra Kemp, an Independent councillor at the borough council, said she has held nine public events in favour of keeping Harding's Pits as a space for nature.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Our priorities as a council will always be focused on serving local people and bringing meaningful opportunities to the beautiful borough we call home," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The pair met again in February in Washington, where the mayor pitched the president on a sweeping federally backed housing project in Trump’s home borough of Queens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

He told me how he saw the city lights going out borough by borough at the time it happened, just before 10 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness or forgot them and moved away.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

New York City three years ago enacted one of the country’s strictest crackdowns on short-term rentals, which reduced the number of listings across the five boroughs by more than 90%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Rikers, which sits on the East River between the Bronx and Queens boroughs, primarily holds people who are awaiting trial in New York, as was the case for disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Other boroughs, including Kensington and Chelsea—where Harrods is located—said they were unable to provide similar data to Westminster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

More than two million people across Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs were eligible to vote in the mayoral contest but turnout was just under 25%.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

It had sat in that same location for decades and had a loyal following of people who would cross boroughs and state lines to buy bread and pastries there.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser


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