inner city
Example Sentences
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Another $2,000 is listed for Cornerstone Schools that year “to assist the inner city schools in Uganda,” which is what Cornerstone Schools does in Detroit and Cornerstone Development does not do in Uganda’s inner-city schools.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
The population had been falling for years; the words "inner city" were regarded as a mark of degradation.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
“I was in the inner city, I’m not going to shy away from that,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
In the autumn of 1981, with three million unemployed and with riots blighting a number of inner city areas, Tebbit made the speech for which he will always be remembered.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
In the tenth year we sacked the inner city, Priam’s town, and sailed for home; but heaven dispersed the Akhaians.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
