ghost town
Example Sentences
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In an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, LV Petroleum Chief Executive Kris Roach shared his plans for the state-line ghost town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Around Huo’s office, Easyhome resembles a ghost town, with swaths of empty offices and stores across its eight floors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
It wouldn’t be fair to call it a ghost town now, exactly.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Early Saturday, an overcast Islamabad felt like a ghost town, with almost no civilian traffic on its wide avenues.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
I happened to be friends with Davis Pickett on Facebook, and while his profile was a long-abandoned ghost town, it did provide me with one of his usernames—dallgoodman, which led to an Instagram.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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