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ghetto

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as in hood

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Workers are fixing the hood, repairing parts of the car pushed in over the decades and adding new padding.

— Joe Marusak August 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Aug. 2026
Multiple surfaces were unclean with excess grease, debris and residue, including floors throughout the facility, ventilation hood filters and on the stove range top.

— Vince Basada August 7, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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Santiago has world-class museums, vibrant parks and plazas, bohemian barrios, buzzing nightlife, and a growing food scene to match those globe-conquering wines.

— Mark Johanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2026
Jonás Cuarón arrives for a second time to SXSW on Tuesday with his latest feature film Campeón Gabacho, based on the 2015 Aura Xilonen novel about a young man who crosses the Rio Grande after a harsh reality in Mexico to face a wild life in a New York City Latino barrio.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026

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The private 216-acre island, accessible only by ferry, yacht or helicopter, remains one of the nation’s wealthiest residential enclaves.

— Luisa Yanez August 3, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1890’s novella, Burch has modernized it and changed the Vienna setting to New York City’s Soho district, a once-bustling enclave for artists and poets and now something quite different.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

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Two grandparents and their 3-year-old grandson were killed after multiple Russian drones destroyed their home in the Brovary district of Kyiv region, northeast of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
The new map reshaped Ogles’ district, which will now stretch from south of Nashville to parts of Memphis.

— Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

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In plenty of neighborhood stores, those benefits move real volume, so a change to what the card can buy lands directly on the day's receipts.

— Elie Y. Katz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The university is located in a Nashville neighborhood that is also historically predominantly Black.

— Jeana Fermi, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

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