metro

Example Sentences

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So in 2017, he left Westminster to head to Manchester and spent nine years as a metro mayor, far from the increasingly dysfunctional national politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

On the water, teenagers jostle for control of an inflatable mattress -- the kind taken down sleep on in underground metro stations during Russia's nightly barrages.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

He was until recently the mayor of Greater Manchester, the U.K.’s second-most-populous metro region, overseeing a budget of £3 billion, equivalent to about $3.97 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

But that all changed on Friday as USA shirts dominated on the metro and in bars and coffee shops in the hours before kick-off.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Mrs. Laurencin had made a call to the local newspaper, and Mrs. Olinski and The Souls were featured above the fold on the first page of the metro section of the Epiphany Times.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg