put on the map
Example Sentences
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The city was put on the map by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who came in the early 1960s for the filming of “The Night of the Iguana.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
The city’s vivifying artistic production was put on the map.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
"There was a real sense of Hull being put on the map, quite literally in the case of the BBC Weather map," he said.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2023
“But it really kind of all began to be put on the map when Dolly quietly invested in the area,” Ewing said.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2021
Maybe the city was finally about to be put on the map.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
