ghetto

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Noun
  • Follow More of Our Reporting on Explore more Fort Worth history in photos & untold stories Fort Worth Education lifted him from the barrio.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
  • Walking onto the set feels like entering a real-life street in the barrio.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Since then, more than 52,000 Palestinians have been killed, Palestinian health authorities say, and large swathes of the enclave have been devastated.
    James Mackenzie, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • The battered, hungry population of Gaza is to be forced into an even smaller part of the narrow enclave.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • This time, fans at a racetrack are incinerated, bludgeoned by flying tires, bisected by a car hood, or impaled through a rebar — setups that hold great promise on paper, but don’t live up to their full visual potential.
    Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025
  • Not long ago, teams could only learn what was happening under the hood during a pit stop.
    Illia Smoliienko, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Most offer huge returns in terms of location — situated in medieval villages or districts packed with history and scenic views, in quiet and offbeat locations far from the crowds.
    Silvia Marchetti, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
  • These jobs are spread across manufacturing, maintenance, logistics and supporting services — creating opportunities not just in major metros, but in small towns and conservative districts as well.
    Zach Colletti, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • But restaurateur Jay Shirodkar has enshrined his latest eats enterprise — Jay’s Steakhouse — in what used to be First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fort Lauderdale’s busy-buzzy Flagler Village neighborhood.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2025
  • Amparo Wynn said her 8-year-old grandson David, a Clifford Davis Elementary student, was dropped off about a quarter mile from home on Tuesday, May 6, when a substitute bus driver left him in the incorrect neighborhood.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Seven whiskeys are finalists in the Single-Barrel Bourbon section of the 2025 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • Fans gushed over the sweet image and clip in the comment section of the Instagram post.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 10 May 2025
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“Ghetto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghetto. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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