urban
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The quicksilver changes of scene in this urban hellscape are handled with crisp dispatch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The all-island scheme started in Port Erin in 2025 after Tynwald unanimously voted in 2020 to support speed reductions in urban areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
At that time, it was killing people in small, mobile hunter-gatherer groups - long before farming and urban life created the crowded conditions usually associated with major plague outbreaks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The run-up in interest rates in recent years has complicated efforts to fund affordable housing projects, said Shaun Donovan, who was housing and urban development secretary during the Obama administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Women fared somewhat better during this period because the social-service sector in urban areas—which employs primarily women—was expanding at the same time manufacturing jobs were evaporating.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing urban
Donald Trump Inauguration Address- January 20, 2017
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East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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