Example Sentences

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Suburbs sprouted like poppies after a spring rain, all connected by 1,100 miles of trolley car tracks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

Suburbs including Nea Penteli, Vrilissia and Patima Halandriou are among the worst affected.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

Suburbs and small cities are looking to the state and federal government for funding help.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Suburbs often resist local preservation ordinances, especially those aimed at midcentury or later modern buildings.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2022

Suburbs which the traveller of the present day would have likened more to a row of hucksters' shops, or temporary buildings run up for a fair, than the outskirts of a great city.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry