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
  • New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, multilingualism is not an exception but more of a way of life.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In Wisconsin, small town officials have unilaterally removed drop boxes or rejected voting machines, ignoring state guidance.
    Hannah Fried, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There are many fantastic, atmospheric and snowbound mountain villages and towns to choose from across France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to name just the major ski destinations.
    Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In 20 years, the idea of these dark celestial bodies had spread from Thornhill Rectory to the Royal Society’s assembly rooms in London, then to the global metropolis of Paris, and finally to Berlin.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
  • So, any Gotham within a contemporary film in the Batman series that's going to be authentic has to be reflective of a modern American metropolis.
    EW.com, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Asphalt jungle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asphalt%20jungle. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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