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suburb

[suhb-urb] / ˈsʌb ɜrb /


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In Lima's suburb of San Juan de Lurigancho, dusty hilltop neighbourhoods sprawl precariously down the slopes.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

His mother, whom J. Edgar Hoover would call “the most dangerous woman in America,” was born into a middle-class home and grew up in a suburb north of Milwaukee.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Indeed, he’s a flesh-and-blood character like any other in this playful drama, set in Cranberry, a forgotten frozen suburb of Rochester, N.Y.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

His day starts at 07:00 from his home in a Mumbai suburb.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

This kid’s mom asked us if we wanted to play at a cultural day at some school in Linksfield, the wealthy suburb south of Sandringham where my pal Teddy had lived.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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