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area

[air-ee-uh] / ˈɛər i ə /




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That same evening, officers found a coyote in the area where the child was bitten, trapped it and euthanized it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

This is more than twice the area burned last year without the influence of El Niño.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“It’s definitely an area that people are focused on,” Eger said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The figure, an area nearly 12 times larger than London, is a conservative estimate in part because haze has complicated satellite verification, said David Gaveau, founder of deforestation monitoring site Nusantara Atlas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The hope is that opposing military forces will peacefully occupy the area, since there is no reason to fight.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Properties in residential tenements or located in areas of high concentration of short-term lets are among those being rejected for planning consent.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In the primary Ms. Stevens was strong in heavily black areas such as Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

There were approximately 3.8 billion robocalls made in September 2026, the majority of which were concentrated in large metropolitan areas, according to the Robocall Index.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

But many see the new protected areas as a loss, economically and socially.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The play areas had all the best toys, so Max or Josie or any of the others could try their hands at pretending to be engineers or chefs, astronauts or doctors or archaeologists.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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