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borough

[bur-oh, buhr-oh] / ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ /
NOUN
incorporated municipality smaller than a city
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The four men and a woman, aged between 23 and 47, were held at addresses in the borough earlier on Thursday, police said.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Her food-distribution company buys fresh stalks from farmers in California and trucks them nearly 3,000 miles to a maze of chilled warehouses in New York City’s Bronx borough.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Support for the party fell by five points in the borough.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

In Lambeth, the Greens gained 27 seats, pushing Labour out of power in the borough for the first time since 2006.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

“So if there was once a sixth borough, then what are the five boroughs?”

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer




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