concrete jungle
noun
: a modern city or urban area filled with large buildings and regarded especially as a harshly competitive, unwelcoming, or dangerous place
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After growing up in the concrete jungle of New York City, Jackie’s adjustment to the rolling hills of Colorado was complicated, to say the least.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Before the industrial age, before railyards and steam plants and I-25 melded a concrete jungle around a polluted river, the South Platte was the genesis of Denver.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 31 July 2025
Despite the city’s reputation as a concrete jungle, these dusky salamanders have managed to survive in some rocky, hidden corners of Highbridge Park for decades.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 30 July 2025
Since then, Phoenix Sky Harbor has evolved from farmland into a massive 3,400-acre concrete jungle that welcomes more than 52 million passengers a year.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Before the industrial age, before railyards and steam plants and I-25 melded a concrete jungle around a polluted river, the South Platte was the genesis of Denver.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 31 July 2025
Despite the city’s reputation as a concrete jungle, these dusky salamanders have managed to survive in some rocky, hidden corners of Highbridge Park for decades.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 30 July 2025
Since then, Phoenix Sky Harbor has evolved from farmland into a massive 3,400-acre concrete jungle that welcomes more than 52 million passengers a year.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
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“Concrete jungle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concrete%20jungle. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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