atlas
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Almost every resident carries a private atlas of vanished places: Regal Cinema, the old Coffee House, Urdu bookshops in Daryaganj, winter evenings at India Gate before barricades and security cordons reshaped the city.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
An agreeable companion on the page, Mr. McCarthy prefers scenic parkways to multilane highways and amusingly relies on a Rand McNally road atlas instead of phone-enabled navigation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
A major breakthrough came from constructing a detailed genetic atlas that maps a range of CD8 T cell states.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
"It's a good idea to carry a road atlas for back-up, too."
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
‘This place we’re flying over now isn’t in the atlas, is it?’ the pilot said, grinning.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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