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[sit-ee] / ˈsɪt i /




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While on the phone Wednesday morning, one staffer watched a city trash can float by.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Massachusetts state Sen. Brendan Crighton said as a city councilman he watched a faith group’s plan fail to clear the high vote threshold for rezoning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But since silence fell on the city, Olga has been able to live a normal life.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Lagarde, a lawyer by training and the daughter of teachers, had a modest upbringing spent mostly in the French port city of Le Havre.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Sooner or later we knew we were going to have to start hiding people here in the city.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

School and university students are to rally in several Italian cities on Friday to call for more funding for schools and support for housing, with security forces preparing for possible clashes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Free exhibitions featuring works by artists like Ed Ruscha and Jenny Holzer underscore its mission to make world-class art more accessible to people outside cities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Several cities, the largest of which is Denver, have signed contracts with Axon or other plate reader companies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

From Milan, to Marseille, to Madrid and in so many other cities across Europe, streets have erupted in colourful, passionate protests in recent weeks.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The other half got kicked outta the cities.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas


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