borough
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Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Dawn Huggins, said Norman Irwin was held in high esteem across the borough and had taken part in many council events over the years.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A judge later ordered that the case move to a Manhattan court after city lawyers argued that borough was the proper jurisdiction because that is where the rent freeze vote took place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Victor Niederhoffer was born to Arthur and Elaine Niederhoffer in New York’s Brooklyn borough on Dec. 10, 1943.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
As Berenger and Rogers are drawn into an affair, Scott plays up the contrast between her wealthy Upper East Side world and his working-class life in an outer borough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
I think the soaked concrete of the borough must smell a little of Venice, or what I imagine of Venice, a redolence consumptive, intestinal.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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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
Four London boroughs 'to pay 55% of mansion tax'
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
At the same time, rents increased by 10% in both boroughs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
"We want the GLA to implement Right to Grow within its food and housing policies so it's easier for boroughs to sign on to the framework," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
And nowhere in America was such a single temple potential available as in New York’s five boroughs.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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