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barrios

noun

plural of barrio

as in ghettos

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After the issue was identified, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office directed districts to pause electronic disbursements using BM Technologies and issue paper checks or other payment methods instead.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Early voting trends and stories about how long the lines are in reliably red or blue districts are tempting to use as data points — but are notoriously misleading.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of districts

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Already, protests in multiple enclaves have disrupted operations at 529 factories, affecting nearly 1 million workers, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
For Pearson, a thirty-one-year-old Black activist who was born and raised in Memphis, the challenge has been taking a campaign geared for urban enclaves to the countryside.

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of enclaves

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Some are high, some low, some wide, some narrow, and there are also cobblestone sections.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
The Colorado Department of Transportation also reported substantial flood damage to highways in the region, with sections of roadway undermined by floodwaters.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

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Headscarves are less conspicuous among women in these fashionable neighborhoods, despite compulsory hijab rules introduced after the revolution established clerical rule.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
The 32805 ZIP code, which includes the Rock Lake, Holden Heights and West Lake neighborhoods, runs along the western border of downtown Orlando, stretching from Colonial Drive south to Interstate 4.

— Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of neighborhoods

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Clean grease from cooking surfaces, range hoods, and filters.

— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 29 Oct. 2026
Police and the El Paso, Texas, branch of the NAACP are condemning a group of people, possibly including youths, who were shown wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods in viral social media videos.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026

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Google just posted two quarters of negative free cash flow for the first time on record as AI spending accelerates while revenue isn’t growing as fast as expected.

— Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Head coach Gunther Cunningham watched Elvis Grbac throw a pair of touchdown passes as the Chiefs scored all their points in the first three quarters.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026

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