inner city
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I remember helping organize a food bank with several other pastors in the inner city on the Eastern seaboard.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
Another $2,000 is listed for Cornerstone Schools that year “to assist the inner city schools in Uganda,” which is what Cornerstone Schools does in Detroit and Cornerstone Development does not do in Uganda’s inner-city schools.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
The population had been falling for years; the words "inner city" were regarded as a mark of degradation.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
“I was in the inner city, I’m not going to shy away from that,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
They stir his blood, call him to duty, make his legs long to leap away from the table, away from the radio, and run down to the inner city to join the marchers.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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