uptown
Example Sentences
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Mangione fled uptown on an electric bicycle, then jumped into a cab that took him to the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Relaxing with his team-mates in their hotel in uptown Charlotte, Ryan Christie watched the Lionel Messi show on Tuesday evening.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
He gleefully brought the startled players together with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, an uptown salsa and jazz band, for concerts at Lincoln Center and Washington Heights.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Ahmad, his wife, and his two daughters eventually settled in uptown Oklahoma City, four miles northwest of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
That was because the name on the folded paper was not Cool Papa Byrd, as he was known on the blues circuit, uptown and downtown.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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