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The borough took the crown for best food and culture town in the U.S. on Travel + Leisure's annual list of best small towns in America this year.
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Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
The New York Marathon is run through the streets of the five boroughs for the first time.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Like the old bosses of Tammany Hall, Adams claimed to understand and represent the working people of the city, in his case meaning Black and brown voters in the outer boroughs.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Lisson Gallery, which represents Cunningham, posted on Instagram Sunday that Cunningham was last seen at 2:30 a.m. on November 2 on Jamestown Road in the city’s borough of Camden.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2024
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Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
The New York Marathon is run through the streets of the five boroughs for the first time.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Like the old bosses of Tammany Hall, Adams claimed to understand and represent the working people of the city, in his case meaning Black and brown voters in the outer boroughs.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Lisson Gallery, which represents Cunningham, posted on Instagram Sunday that Cunningham was last seen at 2:30 a.m. on November 2 on Jamestown Road in the city’s borough of Camden.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borough
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Returning from larger stomping grounds to run one of the state’s most diverse cities is not always the smoothest transition, political experts have said.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The glittering city is back Wednesday-Jan. 12, 2025.John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Ravel makes several stops in idyllic medieval towns along the Rhône, including Avignon, Viviers, and Arles – the lovely Roman town where Vincent van Gogh created some of his most memorable work.James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Meander around the small coastal pueblos, or towns, and allow time for spontaneous discovery.Zachary Rabinor, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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While federal grants exist, the demand far outpaces the need and in some states — like South Carolina and Wisconsin — federal dollars aren’t distributed below the state level, so costs are borne by county and municipalities’ general funds.Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 3 Nov. 2024
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Some municipalities across the state are also continuing early voting into this weekend.Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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The ancient metropolis is where cylinder seals were invented and used for administrative purposes.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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But for those who aren’t from Senegal’s capital city, there’s luckily no shortage of restaurants serving homestyle cooking and cuisine inspired by groups from Central Africa to Western Europe that have left a cultural imprint on or established new homes in the coastal metropolis.Kayla Stewart, Saveur, 30 Oct. 2024
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Straddling the Missouri River, the burgs called Kansas City are known for a lot of things.Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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State of play: Boutique hotels, scene-y restaurants and multimillion-dollar homes are becoming the norm in the once-sleepy burg on the Delaware River.Mike D'Onofrio, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borough. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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