metropolis
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Residents described a tense, surreal atmosphere across the metropolis of 17 million people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
In the 19th and 20th centuries, it helped the city become a bustling metropolis, home to sizable European diasporas and a distinct cosmopolitan culture.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
It is now a ramshackle, seemingly lost-in-time metropolis where residents sit on porches observing the unsteady progress of cars navigating pothole-ridden streets.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
Chongqing - a humid southwestern metropolis which once made global headlines for a corruption scandal and murder - turned popular and cool.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Armies went out and returned victorious to Chan Chan, the Chimor capital, a seaside metropolis with a dense center that covered four square miles.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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