suburb
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Across the city in a suburb of Beirut, kitchen shelves were stacked with sauces and tins crowded the walls as volunteers prepared green beans and fried rice balls.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Albright and his wife are renting, and looking to buy, in a suburb west of town.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
The apartment was in a modest suburb, and the Mengele family had the wealth for something much fancier.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Generations of Chinese immigrants have settled in Arcadia, transforming the San Gabriel Valley suburb, a typical bedroom community, into a “Chinese Beverly Hills” with high-end real estate and luxury shopping.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
He looked out at Mount Hampden, a largely English suburb.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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Latin Root "sub" Words
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