sprawl
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Sprawl development and control efforts targeting ground squirrels, whose burrows the owls appropriate, have pushed the owls out of the grasslands they dwell in.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024
Sprawl and Commuting: I grew up in San Lorenzo, California, a post-war "Vet Village" of ready-made homes, some assembly required.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2020
Sprawl eats up huge areas in very inefficient ways, destroying arable land and creating monocultures.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2017
Sprawl on a kidney-shaped banquette with a personal mixologist.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2016
In this quote the author is describing the limitless expansion of the modern city that I spoke of in Chapter I, "Urban Sprawl."
From Down with the Cities by Nakashima, Tadashi
Vocabulary lists containing sprawl
The Diary of Anne Frank
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