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borough

[bur-oh, buhr-oh] / ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ /
NOUN
incorporated municipality smaller than a city
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But in one leafy west London borough, a very different story unfolded, with the Liberal Democrats winning every seat in every ward at the latest local elections.

From BBC • May 17, 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

Clarke spoke of a need for barriers along the road, adding that the borough council had called for the road to be blocked off to traffic.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Georgi Stagg, a 70-year-old retiree from the London borough of Lewisham, said her top priorities in local elections are climate change, Palestinians and taxing the wealthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Tasha and MoMo lived just a block down, but it seemed like a whole other borough just because the blocks were so much different.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds




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