suburban
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He pegged it to 2007, when another invasive species took off, the one that now dominated the landscape on our drive: suburban sprawl.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
A three-month unlimited travel pass on the local Mumbai suburban railway is significantly cheaper at 590 rupees.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Those of us of a certain age can remember the middle-class suburban home of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
CHICAGO—Pope Leo XIV’s brother John Prevost was the target of a false bomb threat at his home in suburban Chicagoland, police said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Cooped up in those little suburban houses, the rules were as strict as for Island girls, but there was no island to make up the difference.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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