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From growing up in the inner city of Philadelphia to sitting on the front porch of his log home in rural Tennessee.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
10 July 2024 -
The doc sees Shakespeare and Chaucer teacher Kyle wrapping up his 50th and final year at inner city Cleveland, Ohio’s Saint Ignatius High School.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Sep. 2022
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The average occupancy of parking spots spiked on Sundays in every area of San Diego that the study analyzed, including downtown, where the average occupancy was 91 percent on Sunday and the peak occupancy was 99 percent.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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There is a ban on drones around the Superdome and downtown New Orleans throughout the week and flight restrictions up to 18,000 feet, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Core city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/core%20city. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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