metropolis
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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
Rollins recalled feeling a sort of serenity as he returned to New York, finding a new empathy in the metropolis.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
The border metropolis of Tijuana has more than doubled in population over three decades, to 2.3 million, and its sewage infrastructure can’t keep up.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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
Fulcrum City was a post-mortal metropolis toward the very center of MidMerica.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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