asphalt jungle

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Recent Examples of asphalt jungle Our beautiful neighborhoods will become an asphalt jungle! Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024 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 But Honk does understand concrete’s importance in the asphalt jungle. Jim Radcliffe, Orange County Register, 3 May 2024 Explore our new section Ramirez was entranced by this fleeting glimpse of adaptation by tropical species in one of the world’s greatest asphalt jungles. Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for asphalt jungle
Noun
  • The impact spread quickly to neighboring communities, including the small city that shares a name with the township.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Tkachenko reported damage in at least five city districts.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Chinni said a day off was a day without pay — and the shrimp processing plant was the only reliable work in town.
    Diaa Hadid, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The reason Hudson Valley has an idyllic reputation in the first place is because of towns like Kingston, New York.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • First opened in 1994 within the top 14 floors of Kenzo Tange’s Shinjuku Park Tower, Park Hyatt Tokyo quickly became the standard-bearer for luxury hotels in the buzzing metropolis over the next two decades.
    Yukari Sakamoto, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The Southern California metropolis lays claim to some of the world’s best year-round farmers markets, and its enclaves of immigrant cuisines—Koreatown, Thai Town, and the San Gabriel Valley for Chinese—are unmatched.
    Emily Wilson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Asphalt jungle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asphalt%20jungle. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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