borough
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She told BBC Newsnight the proposed 94% hike in Wandsworth, a south-west London borough run by the Tories, was "outrageous".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He told me how he saw the city lights going out borough by borough at the time it happened, just before 10 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He stood again in May's borough elections, finishing 10th of 14 candidates in West Hampstead with 376 votes.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The company said two of the housing developments still pumping out sewage were in the borough of Barnet, while two were in the borough of Harrow.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“In New York City, the mandatory evacuation of the borough of Queens will begin on Saturday,” the news broadcaster in Washington announced.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Counties in this category include the five boroughs of New York, as well as Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The authority will be replaced by the new West Surrey Council in April 2027 following the dissolution of Surrey County Council and its 11 boroughs and districts as part of local government reorganisation.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Other boroughs, including Kensington and Chelsea—where Harrods is located—said they were unable to provide similar data to Westminster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
More than two million people across Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs were eligible to vote in the mayoral contest but turnout was just under 25%.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold the universe.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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