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Born in the Bronx to an Irish-American mother and a father with Neapolitan roots—a bookmaker and co-owner of a bar on the Throggs Neck peninsula—Ferrara spent his first eight years in the borough’s Morris Park neighborhood.
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Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Then, on July 17, SA members paraded through Altona, a working-class borough outside of Hamburg.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Xu has developed several large projects in the New York City area, primarily residential towers and a hotel in the Queens borough.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Queens is a borough of New York City.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Then, on July 17, SA members paraded through Altona, a working-class borough outside of Hamburg.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Xu has developed several large projects in the New York City area, primarily residential towers and a hotel in the Queens borough.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Queens is a borough of New York City.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borough
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The leaders of the world's biggest economies met at the airport in Busan, an hour's drive away from the APEC host city of Gyeongju, for just an hour and 40 minutes.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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In the waning days of the pandemic, appreciation and recognition came from Los Angeles city and county officials, who, according to posts on Farzam’s Instagram, commended Farzam for operating Covid testing centers and hailed him as a leader and role model.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Some time next year, the taxi taking you around town may not have a human behind the wheel.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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This gave Gates, from the use of his private jet alone, the same carbon footprint as a small town in Burundi.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Because state law limits the amount of revenue municipalities can raise through property and sales tax levies, wheel taxes have been increasingly proposed across Wisconsin municipalities as solutions to rising costs.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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In South Florida, several organizations and municipalities are still collecting donations.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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João Pessoa João Pessoa, the capital of the state of Paraíba, is an enigmatic coastal metropolis.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Related Stories The recognition arrives as the Philippine metropolis embraces its identity as QC Film City during this year’s QCinema International Film Festival.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Just 1,890 people live in the tiny Midwestern burg, but there must be at least that many guns to go around.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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New faces are finding them, from Bokey locals and folks from outer-burgs like Debary and DeLand to longtime regulars from Kissimmee and Lake Nona.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borough. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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