suburb
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A 23rd monk, believed to have organised the trip, has since been arrested in a suburb of Colombo, police told BBC Sinhala.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
An unusual community is taking shape in a suburb of Austin: a ranch-style house surrounded by trailer parks, a robotics facility and a drone-building site.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The group depicted here is a seemingly anodyne one, the Neighborhood Association of Vernon Point, a small upscale suburb of an unnamed East Coast city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Stephen Bali, then mayor of Blacktown in Sydney, led opposition to the project in his suburb and urged Fiji to seek independent scientific data.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
I knew her by sight: Mrs. Bierens de Haan whose home in the suburb of Bloemendaal was said to be one of the most beautiful in Holland.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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