put on the map
Example Sentences
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The city was put on the map by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who came in the early 1960s for the filming of “The Night of the Iguana.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
The city’s vivifying artistic production was put on the map.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
Long a sleepy and little-visited national park, Tham Luang has been put on the map by the astounding extrication of the Wild Boars soccer team.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2022
"We were inspired with Wrexham being put on the map," he said.
From BBC • May 30, 2022
Maybe the city was finally about to be put on the map.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
