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playground

[play-graund] / ˈpleɪˌgraʊnd /
NOUN
recreation area
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Jerkin’ was what happened when you used asphalt as your dance floor and your hometown as your playground, proving the city is a place of alchemy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

"Imagine navigating life when it's hard for you to perceive the information in another person's face, from navigating a playground to navigating a job interview," McPartland says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Teachers scooped up the stragglers and ushered them into the shelter's entrance, while the cleaner scanned the playground, muttering as she checked that no one had been left behind.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

There is also a playground and custom trampoline, while the upper lawn has previously been transformed into a temporary ice-skating rink.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Time for just one more person before we go out to the playground."

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

"You just cannot take 30 or 40 bus routes, and then switch them into green neighbourhoods with playgrounds and children, and expect they'll stay the same."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

They are typically nonprofit organizations that maintain amenities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, gyms, playgrounds, private roads, shared parking lots, sidewalks, trash removal and more.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

At the bottom, few public playgrounds these days feature seesaws or monkey bars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Certainly, many who live in Berlin love its rich artistic and cultural life, green spaces, lakes and children's playgrounds, vibrant start-up scene and hedonistic, anything-goes nightlife.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Like the fact that no one seemed to be outside even though it was a beautiful sunny day, and there were no kids in the playgrounds or riding their bikes along the streets or anything.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff


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