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red-light district



NOUN
skid row
Synonyms


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A stone's throw from the US border and around the corner from Tijuana's seedy red-light district, Afghan families say they feel safe inside a first of its kind Muslim-only shelter.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2023

It has been a goal sought after by Amsterdam for years: dissuading rowdy, brawling tourists from overtaking the red-light district.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023

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




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