suburb
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At Burnt Hill Farm, a hilltop winery in Clarksburg, Md., a suburb an hour outside of Washington, D.C., the best table is any table, 45 minutes before sunset.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"I felt very ill because I have asthma. I started coughing and I threw up," she told AFP at a gymnasium in the northern Madrid suburb of Alcobendas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Daniel Siad, 69, was discovered on Monday in Colombes, a north-west suburb of Paris, the Nanterre prosecutor's office confirmed to the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He bought Apple after walking into an Apple Store when it opened in the early 2000s in his Phoenix suburb and being blown away by the iPod.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The tiny timber place my parents owned was typical of the Brisbane, Australia, seaside suburb they lived in.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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The couple is planning a move to the suburbs of Green Bay, Wis., where they hope their son will be able to attend good schools and play with neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Hoerz agreed that Vienna's picturesque winemaking suburbs have become victims of their own success, with their popularity pushing up land prices.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Since 1998, the Pegulas have also owned a property in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Over the last decade-plus, the art collective has grown beyond its anything-goes, punk-meets-psychedelic roots into an organization with full-scale, maximalist installations in its hometown, Denver, Las Vegas, Houston and the Dallas suburbs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
I stepped from the air-conditioned compartment onto the station platform, and the motherly breath of the suburbs enfolded me.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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