red-light district
Example Sentences
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Singaporean photographer Aik Beng Chia used an image generator to depict the lives of transgender people in the city-state's Bugis street, then known as a red-light district, in the 1970s and 80s.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
He worked as a steward on the QE2 liner and later ran The Ferry Boat pub in Norwich's red-light district.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
Ahmad’s extraordinarily accomplished first novel revolves around Faraz Ali, born to a prostitute in Mohalla, Lahore, Pakistan’s red-light district.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2022
The British artist and designer chronicles his life growing up in a devout Pashtun community in the red-light district of 1980s and 1990s Birmingham.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
Halsema, a member of the Groenlinks party, has already called for the red-light district to be closed intermittently to clean the streets of waste.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2018
