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The latter film was a crime drama set in a Paris housing estate following the aftermath of a police killing of a 13-year-old Algerian French boy.—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 28 May 2026 The Gurnos housing estate in Merthyr Tydfil.—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 May 2026 The classic footballing upbringing is playing the game on narrow streets, five-a-side pitches near housing estates or tight school playgrounds.—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 The inferno rapidly spread in a public housing estate in the city’s Tai Po neighborhood on Wednesday, trapping people inside.—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for housing estate