metropolis
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Years of congestion in the gridlocked metropolis have given rise to a booming sector of motorcycle taxi drivers, weaving through car traffic.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Plans to build Neom Super City - a futuristic, carbon-free metropolis - may have been scaled down, but the vision remains the same.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The contest’s co-host Victoria Swarovski, singer, model and crystal heiress, says the city is a true metropolis best experienced on foot—where imperial architecture and centuries-old cafés weave through contemporary restaurants and nightlife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Khartoum, a metropolis of 7 million, sits at the confluence of tributaries, a sort of Pittsburgh-on-the-Nile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
But the police here aren’t looking for us in the way police back in the metropolis must be.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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