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neighborhood

[nay-ber-hood] / ˈneɪ bərˌhʊd /


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Shadyside Partners, the name of Lamarco’s LLC, is a reference to a neighborhood in the Steel City.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

According to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson, officers responded to a reported burglary in progress in a Brentwood neighborhood on Friday at around 9:40 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The discovery also raises a compelling question about the ultimate fate of our own planetary neighborhood.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

Raman’s electoral hopes hinged in part on Bass’s unpopularity since fires devastated the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood in January 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Jonesy is usually able to secure this seat because her neighborhood is an earlier stop, but today it’s still available.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

I am ready to hit the ground running on Day One, delivering the services our neighborhoods deserve, and leading with the integrity you have every right to expect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Becerra may also be sympathetic to environmental justice communities — poorer neighborhoods, often of color — that have experienced disproportionately negative effects from extraction industries such as oil drilling and mining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The district qualified because census takers grouped the retail corridor with adjacent poorer neighborhoods and relied only on residential data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The luxurious Design District was able to qualify for this designation because census-takers group it with adjacent poorer neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Rego Park, Bayside, Harlem, Coney Island, the job introduced me to the various neighborhoods of Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris


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