urban
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These candidates run well among younger, more educated urban voters but poorly among older voters without college degrees who live outside big cities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
On the walls where gang members in El Salvador once marked their turf, urban artists are now creating large murals in a traveling festival that fills the streets of the Central American country with color.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Talladega Nights” pegs this missing link between America’s urban past and its exurban future from its opening seconds, putting a quote about “hot, nasty, badass speed” in the mouth of New York Swell Eleanor Roosevelt.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
They’ve read the research documenting how the outdoors, including urban green spaces, improves cognition, social connection and physical strength, while decreasing depression and anxiety in all ages, but especially seniors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
I remember District 8, an ugly urban place stinking of industrial fumes, the people housed in run-down tenements.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing urban
Donald Trump Inauguration Address- January 20, 2017
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East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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