metro
Example Sentences
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The Riyadh metro, which opened six lines in late 2024 after years of delays and billions of dollars of cost overruns, is regularly packed at rush hour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
The central Florida metro of Ocala had the biggest population percentage gain in the U.S. last year, per Census estimates, followed by Myrtle Beach and Spartanburg, S.C.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The central Florida metro of Ocala had the largest percentage population gain in the U.S. last year, according to Census Bureau population estimates released last week.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Viewers in the New York metro area will also get Yankees games most Wednesday nights.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
It took an hour to get there, and by now I was up near the Ocala National Forest, not really even the Orlando metro area anymore.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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