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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
Despite its close proximity to the urban sprawl, the natural world permeates their forested two-acre lot, where rosemary and lavender grow, wild beehives can be found in old tree branches, and the occasional brown bear wanders past.
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John Wogan, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
As Austin’s outer bounds have grown, the urban sprawl has encroached on coyote habitat.
—Cross Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024
If design is, by definition, humans solving problems, foliage in all forms is not just a lovely-to-look-at enhancement of urban sprawl.
—Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
That’s because cheap oil also encourages urban sprawl.
—Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2016
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John Wogan, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
As Austin’s outer bounds have grown, the urban sprawl has encroached on coyote habitat.
—Cross Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024
If design is, by definition, humans solving problems, foliage in all forms is not just a lovely-to-look-at enhancement of urban sprawl.
—Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
That’s because cheap oil also encourages urban sprawl.
—Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
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California California’s largest cities, Los Angeles and San Francisco, have branded themselves as sanctuary cities for immigrants.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Jan. 2025
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Nationwide, state and city officials have been making preparations for the inevitable immigration crackdown.—
Rosa Flores,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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The parents could have simply been out of town or on vacation, but officers also worried about them.—
Emma Steele,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said the Israeli military launched attacks on Lebanese citizens on Sunday attempting to enter towns still occupied by Israeli forces.—
Charbel Mallo,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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The doc sees Shakespeare and Chaucer teacher Kyle wrapping up his 50th and final year at inner city Cleveland, Ohio’s Saint Ignatius High School.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Snoop — who founded his own Snoop League for inner city youth in Southern California and whose son played Division I football — also put on a headset on the Colorado State sideline to allegedly call some plays.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2024
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Michael Lawlor, a law professor at the University of New Haven, and other attorneys contend that states and municipalities cannot be compelled to enforce the U.S. immigration laws for the federal government.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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For example, managing voter registration data for national elections requires reconciling millions of entries across states, municipalities and districts, leaving room for inconsistencies.—
Brian Chidester,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Our beautiful neighborhoods will become an asphalt jungle!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2024
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But there’s nothing stopping the surfer from hanging out in the parking lot up the cliff, an asphalt jungle with its own territorial, dog-eat-dog ecosystem.—
Leslie Felperin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 May 2024
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Earlier this week, a giant cloud of wildfire smoke from Canada wafted into New York City, Boston, and other eastern metropolises, engulfing skylines and putting millions of people at risk from air pollution.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
22 Jan. 2025
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As the mayor of America’s largest metropolis, Mr. Adams has a natural interest in developing a working relationship with the man poised to govern the nation.—
Dana Rubinstein,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Sep. 2022
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The space in The Chicory at 611 Fulton Street in downtown New Orleans will be open to the public on Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Super Bowl will be played on Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
28 Jan. 2025
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Although the downtown girl aesthetic initially started as a fashion trend, downtown girl makeup is proving to be just as popular.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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