in the neighborhood
Example Sentences
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“I just don’t want to be one of those dads that has to pay somebody in the neighborhood to throw the football with his kid because I can’t,” he joked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Locals have spotted a heavier ICE presence there—including in the neighborhood where Araujo was killed.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Soledad Martinez, a 77-year-old resident who has lived in the neighborhood for 45 years, said the fumes and uncertainty had made life in her neighborhood unbearable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
They found that Butler manually pressed the accelerator pedal, “overriding the default FSD speed,” several times in the neighborhood where the crash occurred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“I’m glad we got our mothers together. Mama’s only friends have been ladies from the mosque, or her catering clients. She’s never had anyone in the neighborhood to hang out with.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
