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suburb

[suhb-urb] / ˈsʌb ɜrb /


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For one thing, there’s money in Dahlonega, the smalltown Atlanta suburb where Anna grew up—and where, during the kind of rainstorm that dissolves evidence, a body is found on the hood of a car.

From The Wall Street Journal

All public bus services in Paris and the surrounding suburbs were also suspended because of icy roads, with almost half of the country's mainland on alert for heavy snow and black ice.

From Barron's

Situated in the western suburbs of Philadelphia this historic layout stages its second PGA in May.

From BBC

AT&T is planning to relocate its global headquarters from downtown Dallas to the nearby suburb of Plano, a move that would deal another powerful blow to the city’s reeling central business district.

From The Wall Street Journal

At one end, PSG is the club of the masses, drawing its fan base from every strata of the city and its suburbs.

From The Wall Street Journal