red-light district
Example Sentences
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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
Short, impressionistic chapters flit between the fictional town of Ventor, Georgia; boho New York City; San Francisco’s red-light district; the coast of Florida; and a grad-school program in Maryland.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2019
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
Critics say that the 1012 plan has had unwanted side effects: By shrinking the red-light district, the city has effectively given the area over to characterless shops selling tacky souvenirs or refreshments.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2018
