sprawl
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In Lima's suburb of San Juan de Lurigancho, dusty hilltop neighbourhoods sprawl precariously down the slopes.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
As a place that came of age with the automobile, Los Angeles is a sprawl of freeways with a public transport system that would embarrass any medium-sized European city.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
According to Georgette Blau, founder and owner of On Location Tours, L.A.’s sprawl has something to do with that.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
As it gets easier to create artificial-intelligence agents with platforms like Anthropic’s Claude Cowork , some businesses are dealing with ‘AI agent sprawl.’
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
I sigh as she scuttles toward the door, getting up from my dressing table to sprawl facedown on my tapestry-covered bed.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Vocabulary lists containing sprawl
The Diary of Anne Frank
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