as in cities
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a realistic novel about life in the asphalt jungle
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Fans spotted billboards in many cities, including Chicago, London, Dallas and Nashville.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 June 2026 -
That discretion could help explain why some cities, including Miami, Hialeah and Doral, report relatively few immigration encounters or, in some cases, no immigration arrests.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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Sunday fell on the Catholic Corpus Domini feast day, which often features processions of faithful through towns and cities led by a priest carrying the Eucharist.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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The shooting spree began Sunday morning at a gas station in Kochav Yair on the Israeli-West Bank border and moved to nearby towns, including Salit in the West Bank.—
Robert Blankenship,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2026
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Considered one of the oldest metropolises of the world, Tyre has several archaeological sites, some of them submerged.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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Some of the flashiest metropolises didn’t rank on the list thanks to their outsized housing costs; and although the Midwest city’s average annual early-career earnings are a bit lower than others at $59,123, the average price of a starter home is just $195,000.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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“Asphalt jungles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asphalt%20jungles. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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