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asphalt jungle

[as-fawlt juhng-guhl] / ˈæs fɔlt ˈdʒʌŋ gəl /


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The annual Dubai Ride saw bikes race down Sheikh Zayed Road, a 10-lane asphalt jungle that gives drivers a view of the world’s tallest building and other sites.

From Seattle Times Nov. 4, 2021

It doesn’t feel all that safe to navigate this asphalt jungle from the supposed haven of a crosswalk.

From Washington Times Apr. 13, 2019

While the Miser enjoys a short vacation, let those of us left behind create our own staycation on the cheap, right here in our boiling but beloved asphalt jungle.

From New York Times Jul. 31, 2014

While Strydom captured scenes of rural African soccer, the American painter Marcus Jansen’s urban expressionistic paintings set the sport in a surrealistic asphalt jungle.

From New York Times Jul. 10, 2010

Author Gaddis is as faithful as a tape recorder to the babble of loose American tongues, and New York as an asphalt jungle has rarely been patrolled so intensely since Dos Passes' Manhattan Transfer.

From Time Magazine Archive




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