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[skid] / skɪd /


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Federal prosecutors last month indicted a California woman for paying homeless people on Skid Row to register using her former address, meaning ballots would be sent there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

He says he will eliminate street encampments, which occupy downtown’s Skid Row, as well as plenty of other hot spots in various neighborhoods.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

He found a career in real estate and volunteered across the city, from the Palisades to Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

So acute was the situation that Albuquerque had a neighborhood, the International District, a rival to Los Angeles’ Skid Row or San Francisco’s Tenderloin, that was locally called the War Zone.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

“It’s Skid and Aaron. ‘Did you see the news?

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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