industrial area
Example Sentences
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“This is an industrial area, and there’s plenty of stuff around to catch fire,” he said, sidestepping a dribble of oily water.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Overnight, attacks on Saudi Arabia hit a petrochemical complex in a sprawling industrial area in the eastern city of Jubail, a witness who requested anonymity told AFP, hours after similar installations in Iran were struck.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Video footage of the plane’s takeoff showed the General Electric engine aflame before the jet crashed in an industrial area just beyond the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
In an industrial area east of downtown Los Angeles that is home to several warehouses, the lifetime cancer risk from air pollution is 80 times higher, most of it stemming from formaldehyde.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024
We zip through a maze of parking lots and back alleys before coming to an abrupt stop at a corner in an industrial area.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
