city

Example Sentences

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For the last decade, 55-year-old Ponni has sat on a roadside in Bengaluru, the city known as India's Silicon Valley, making flower garlands.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

A small army of staff and contractors pour into Starbase every day from neighboring areas, including Brownsville, the biggest city in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and historically one of the poorest places in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Belfast city centre was deserted after many businesses shut up shop by lunchtime.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

For more sites, visit the LA city website.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“I saw the fire from the plane. I could not believe it. I did not expect it to be like that, that the whole city would burn like that. None of us did.”

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo