metropolis
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The sprawling, splendiferous, aging metropolis is not an easy place to manage and it humbles all its would-be saviors.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Ma’s downfall coincided with investigations against officials with whom he had worked previously, including in Xinjiang and the southeastern metropolis of Shenzhen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Residents described a tense, surreal atmosphere across the metropolis of 17 million people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Efficient urban planning has transformed what was once an island of fishing villages into a gleaming metropolis of high-rises.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Los Angeles soon became unlike any other city the world had ever seen, sprawling and horizontal, a thoroughly suburban metropolis of detached homes — a glimpse of the future, molded by the automobile.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
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