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tenderloin

[ten-der-loin] / ˈtɛn dərˌlɔɪn /
NOUN
skid row
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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

The duo met while working at the Michelin-starred Mister Jiu’s, and in 2022 opened Outta Sight Pizza in the city’s Tenderloin district.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

But in 1987 — in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, of all places — a 26-year-old Stanford MBA named Chip Conley tried something that changed the motel narrative.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Tenderloin and mushrooms with coriander and peppercorn crust.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

In the department’s beefed-up hovercar Rick next flew to Polokov’s apartment building in the Tenderloin.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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