metropolis
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The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
A consistent message emerged: Los Angeles was not a beautiful, vibrant metropolis with serious problems, but a hellhole verging on being lost for good.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
I think people expect it to feel like a small Midwestern town, and they’re surprised by how much of a real metropolis it is.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
That included his time as mayor of Davao, a southern metropolis where he cultivated the image of a tough-talking political outsider.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Ah means tuh put mah hands tuh de plow heah, and strain every nerve tuh make dis our town de metropolis uh de state.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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