city

Example Sentences

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“It’s important that we receive a fair contract with better wages so that myself and all my brothers and sisters can live in the city where we work and care for rich people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

That bill, if enacted into law, would give the city the ability to loosen development restrictions on the stadium property for a team owner willing to call the team the Anaheim Angels.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Arriving in the economic city of Douala on Friday, the Pope reiterated his message of peace after visiting the country's Anglophone region hit by a decade-long rebellion the day before.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Plus, how one man ditched a storage unit that cost him $100,000 and the Midwestern city turning empty department stores into apartments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He spoke no Dutch, nor made any effort to learn, and besides Father, Betsie, and me, few people in this working-class part of the city spoke German.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom