suburban

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Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, the film explores what happens to a family who wake up one day to find that their quaint suburban block has moved somewhere else entirely.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

“We were dirt poor, had big Scottish accents at the time, a family of six siblings, and then coming to very conventional suburban schools,” he said, the memory eliciting a wild-card smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Also making an appearance in “Bigger Than Fashion” is Virgil Abloh, the influential designer who rose from obscurity in suburban Chicago to launch Off-White, a brand with Duchampian “nothing is new” chic, in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

David Lee, a 39-year-old at the suburban gas station outside Washington, fills up his tank twice a week.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Sierra remembered the impossible nothingness of the throng haint rearing up over her, blotting out the suburban Flatbush streets, all those screaming mouths and the searing iciness creeping along her left arm.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older