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The urge to tame big corporate landlords is bubbling over among locals in woodsy Paulding County, Georgia, an Atlanta exurb where church steeples and old graveyards punctuate the rolling hills, and an 18-foot fiberglass Wonder Woman waves at drivers.
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
And the representative of its people, mostly located on much of Chicago’s Far South Side and in the city’s southern suburbs and exurbs, and extending south to Danville, has been an African American since 1980.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
In Anani, an exurb a dozen miles east of Abidjan, our cars left the highway and drove through sand and scrub to reach 2Africa’s beach manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Nick’s parents are divorced, and the panic attacks begin after Nick, having become incorrigible in adolescence, is ordered by his mom to go live with his dad in a subdivision called Chariot Courts, in Libertyville, Illinois, an exurb of Chicago.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
And the representative of its people, mostly located on much of Chicago’s Far South Side and in the city’s southern suburbs and exurbs, and extending south to Danville, has been an African American since 1980.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
In Anani, an exurb a dozen miles east of Abidjan, our cars left the highway and drove through sand and scrub to reach 2Africa’s beach manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Nick’s parents are divorced, and the panic attacks begin after Nick, having become incorrigible in adolescence, is ordered by his mom to go live with his dad in a subdivision called Chariot Courts, in Libertyville, Illinois, an exurb of Chicago.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
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In 2023, the Chicago Bears purchased a few hundred acres of land in Arlington Heights, a suburb about twenty-five miles north of downtown Chicago, where the team currently plays, for about two hundred million dollars.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Lebanese media reported an Israeli strike hit Beirut's southern suburbs early Friday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Jackdaw Cake Norman Lewis, 1985 Lewis’ memoir of growing up in 1920s Enfield is one of the few books to treat London suburbia as a genuine habitat rather than a cultural punchline.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
27 Mar. 2026
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The setting of Lemoncurd, which skewered cookie-cutter suburbia and the bonkers priorities of the upper-middle class, made even the moments of gross-out comedy cute.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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The two cities say the rules could significantly reduce revenue from card rooms, which are a major source of funding for local government services, according to ABC News.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Kuwait’s Al Salmi tanker was attacked at the port connected to the United Arab Emirates city better known as a destination for influencers, Reuters and The New York Times reported.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Begin with a night in Drake Bay, the remote gateway town to Corcovado National Park.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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Organizers said two-thirds of the participants who signed up lived outside big cities, a 40% increase over last time in those from suburban, small town and rural addresses.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Maryland metropolis had a 10 percent increase in private-jet departures from February 14 to March 22, according to date from business aviation analysis firm WingX; the Big Easy, meanwhile, saw 11 percent more private planes hit the skies in the same period.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2026
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In the gourmand's metropolis of Montreal, one of the best ways to fill the time between meals is to go shopping.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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