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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawls
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Room-service delivery robots are already common in hotels across many large Chinese cities.
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The severe weather threat will linger for parts of the mid-Atlantic on Sunday, stretching from northern Virginia into southern New Jersey, with cities like Richmond, DC, Baltimore and Philly in the threat zone once again.
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Small towns across America had big plans to celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial this weekend.
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Beyond the foliage there's apple picking, harvest festivals, Halloween in Salem and a string of storybook towns.
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While Thunberg says he’s seen some support for the lanes, Knox, who is also on the LNTC board, says local municipalities haven’t been convinced.
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Yet in many municipalities, responsibility for maintaining sidewalks is a patchwork system, often left to private owners rather than local government.
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“Urban sprawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawls. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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