Recent Examples on the WebBut Compton also teems with house-proud residents and their tidy lawns, women chatting outside a florist’s shop, construction workers grabbing lunch at a packed taqueria.—Rosecrans Baldwin, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023 The house-proud suburban couples were as bad at it as the campus conservatives and the guy trying to throw an orgy.—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
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