metropolis
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He penned a book, “Desert Visions and the Making of Phoenix,” about how the metropolis became what is currently the nation’s fifth-largest city by population, home to about 1.7 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Rollins recalled feeling a sort of serenity as he returned to New York, finding a new empathy in the metropolis.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
More than anything, “Glorious Country” is an absorbing contribution to the life story of a metropolis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Plans to build Neom Super City - a futuristic, carbon-free metropolis - may have been scaled down, but the vision remains the same.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Even from this height, I should’ve heard the noise of the city—millions of people bustling around, thousands of cars and machines—the hum of a huge metropolis.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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