urban
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Ask the average person what homelessness looks like in America, and the answer invariably involves urban encampments—people with severe mental disabilities or serious addictions living in tents and squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
For district critics, families in the core of urban L.A. suddenly had an education lifeline.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Raman, an urban planner, entered the mayoral race as somewhat of a surprise just before the filing deadline and shortly after she had already endorsed Bass.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
One potential snag: companies want to put driverless taxis in highly profitable, densely populated urban areas; many politicians want them in suburban and rural areas, to compensate for public-transport gaps.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
But after the oil crash and the onset of the energy crisis, large cities had been flooded with refugees from surrounding suburban and rural areas, resulting in a massive urban housing shortage.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vocabulary lists containing urban
Donald Trump Inauguration Address- January 20, 2017
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