slum

Example Sentences

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Or that the public housing she championed would itself deteriorate so badly that, by 1990, the federal government would label much of it as “severely distressed”—and demolish it for having become a latter-day slum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Hussain Ahmed, 20, whose family lives in Machhar Colony, one of Karachi's largest slum areas where most of the population is comprised of Bengalis, does not have Pakistani nationality or an identity card.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Despite his mounting fame, Bobi Wine chose to continue recording in a music studio he had built in the Kamwokya slum.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Murals, sculptures and other works depicting Hernandez have been inaugurated recently, including a large painting of his face on a wall in Petare, the biggest slum in Caracas.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Her eyes watered as she emerged from the alleys of the slum slowly, adjusting to the new morning light.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray