residential area
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The incident has left city officials scratching their heads as to how the creature crossed the 210 Freeway and decided to plop down in a heavily populated residential area surrounded by major streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
The following year, Ju Ae wore a partially see-through blouse - revealing her arms - to the completion ceremony for a residential area of the capital, Pyongyang.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Debris and warped metal which may be munition fragments can also be seen on a street in the residential area.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
The evacuation order was unprecedented in scale, encompassing a 6-square-mile, densely populated residential area with hundreds of thousands of people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
Ricketts’ was located in a quiet residential area many blocks away from the docks where the pestilence had first struck.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
