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metropolis

[mi-trop-uh-lis] / mɪˈtrɒp ə lɪs /


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That included his time as mayor of Davao, a southern metropolis where he cultivated the image of a tough-talking political outsider.

From BBC • May 28, 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

Washington countered with a vision bearing the confident stamp of the Great Society era in American politics—the belief that a complex metropolis could still be shaped, and improved, by comprehensive design.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

Directly in front rise two huge pyramids—the pre-Aztec metropolis of Teotihuacan.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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