ghettos

variants also ghettoes
plural of ghetto

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Noun
  • Two of the three races, where Avila Chevalier and Valdez are running, are in heavily Latino enclaves, where older votes may lean more conservative and younger ones are further to the left.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Stanaland did not discuss those properties but said the latest record price reflects growing demand from wealthy buyers who increasingly favor south OC’s coastline over traditional luxury enclaves in Los Angeles.
    Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • None of the three candidates, who are set to cruise to general election victories in November in their deep-blue districts, identify as communists.
    Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • The Oregon Water Resources Department used stream gauges to provide estimates of how much Deschutes River water six irrigation districts diverted in Bend.
    Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The officers cuffed the survivors with plastic restraints, placed hoods on their heads and demanded that no one speak, according to the fishermen.
    Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • Police said dozens of people climbed onto a row of school buses parked in Times Square after shuttling fans to the World Cup in New Jersey, then ripped off hoods and smashed windshields before igniting one of the buses.
    Christina Fan, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Firefighters have been battling the flames for seven days now, and smoke has made air dangerous to breathe in neighborhoods across the Los Angeles region.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • The district encompasses a large portion of Manhattan, including the Upper West Side and Upper East Side and Midtown neighborhoods.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • In La Guaira, entire sections of Catia la Mar remained without electricity on Thursday after many residents spent Wednesday night sleeping in streets, cars or near damaged buildings, terrified of further collapses.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • This involves patching sections of roads to avoid triggering federal ADA access ramp requirements that are mandatory during full resurfacing.
    Mark Pittman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The sisters had their quarters two floors above, along with the rest of the family’s youngsters.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • After Daley returned, Donovan’s office was moved from the mayor’s outer offices to the inner offices, just a few feet from Daley’s private quarters.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
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“Ghettos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghettos. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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