urban
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“Some people experience this as unfair,” said Andrew Guinn, an urban studies professor at Wayne State University, which is in Detroit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“It is adapting to these urban spaces, and as it does that, it will increasingly bite the animal that is the densest-population animal in these habitats, which is humans,” she said.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Vladimir Tikhonov, Korean Studies professor at the University of Oslo, told AFP Guryong "symbolises the alienation of the urban poor from the mainstream of South Korean society".
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Among the most important contributors are heavy groundwater pumping, oil and gas extraction, the compression of relatively young sediments in river deltas, and the weight of expanding urban areas.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
On reflection, Cahokia’s dissimilarity to other cities is not surprising; having never seen a city, its citizens had to invent every aspect of urban life for themselves.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing urban
Donald Trump Inauguration Address- January 20, 2017
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