burg

Example Sentences

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The town is Maplewood, a quaint commuter burg which is home to a number of New York Times employees and, probably not coincidentally, is the subject of frequent coverage in the New York Times.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

One of the earliest proceeded June 11 in Fall City, the unincorporated burg 25 miles east of Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

But, for more than a decade, the city has been attracting a variety of high-profile businesses that might once have passed over the humble burg of 17,000 residents.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2021

The success of "Mare of Easttown" makes the declining factory burg the new favored destination for meaty, complex storytelling.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2021

There they were welcomed again with joy and renewed hope; for now there were men enough to man both the burg and the barrier wall.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien