city
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The next time you book a trip to some faraway city, don’t think of it as just a vacation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
A City of Commerce City council member is running for a fourth term despite a city law that appears to make that illegal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
They were first arrested - along with dozens of other foreign nationals - in March during raids on alleged illegal online gambling centres in the main city, Mbabane, and surrounding areas, the news site reported.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
At the heart of the showdown is his backing earlier this month of the Delivery Protection Act, which would force warehouse operators to get city licenses by adhering to new safety, training and employment requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The city flew by in a blur of glowing spots that the streetlamps cast on the sidewalks.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Of cities affected by high-speed rail, Shafter Mayor Chad Givens said, “none of them are being impacted to the degree that we are…There’s no benefit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
A 2020 study published in British medical journal The Lancet claimed there were only 500 qualified child psychiatrists in the country, and many of them were based in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"They liberated many Syrian cities and towns, first from the Baathist regime, then from the terrorism of Daesh," he continued, using the Arabic acronym for IS.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
We were talking a lot about the memories during the first tour where we had a tour bus and we went to a lot of cities and had a good time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
They had more or less run amuck and were damming up rivers and flooding highways, filling pastures, even beginning to invade the cities.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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