neighborhood
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Graffiti covered its charred facade, and it became a source of frustration for the neighborhood, attracting squatters and illegal garbage dumping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Four months later, Paxton’s family trust purchased an oceanview lot in a residential neighborhood there for $410,000, land records show.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
“The Yellow Line is where you see the buildings that stand,” the military official said in the sandy ruins of Shuja’iyya, a neighborhood that saw repeated rounds of fighting during the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
I had about $65,000 saved but was short on the down payment for a three-bedroom in a neighborhood I liked.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Were people in her neighborhood doing the same thing right now, or was Hialeah still underwater?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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In Walton, a Liverpool suburb that ranks as one of Britain’s most deprived neighborhoods, around 1 in 2 households claim welfare, and 1 in 5 working-age residents claim PIP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Meanwhile, shoes fitted with motion sensors could provide feedback as patients practice walking at home or around their neighborhoods.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
A Los Angeles Times investigation published this year also found its policies have grown in neighborhoods where there isn’t substantial fire risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
I know that firsthand, having grown up without economic privilege and having worked in neighborhoods blighted by socioeconomic hardship.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
Windows for wings that flutter up and down like the windows inside Chinese restaurants and post offices in neighborhoods where school buses are spaceships.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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