suburb
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"I felt very ill because I have asthma. I started coughing and I threw up," she told AFP at a gymnasium in the northern Madrid suburb of Alcobendas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Based in a leafy New Jersey suburb 17 miles west of Wall Street, neighboring a funeral home and an optometrist, Yorkville would seem an unlikely candidate for financial adviser to the president’s namesake company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
He bought Apple after walking into an Apple Store when it opened in the early 2000s in his Phoenix suburb and being blown away by the iPod.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The fire service battled the flames at the children's care home in Mohammadia, an eastern suburb of Algiers, for at least three hours.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
She eased out of bed, laced her shoes, and ran eight miles through the suburb, past pubs and butcher shops that were still shuttered in the early light.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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Legislators representing red and blue districts alike and from dense urban neighborhoods, suburbs and rural communities recognize that while opportunities for outdoor play differ by location, the need for daily movement doesn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Around small cities and suburbs, the predators follow their keen sense of smell to dumpsters, cars and homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
But distant suburbs have not been immune to such calamities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Since 1998, the Pegulas have also owned a property in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
He had bought a house in the suburbs without even telling Tommy’s mom.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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