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Imagine if two twins are separated at birth and raised in different homes: one on a farm with pets and one in the inner city.—
Breanne Hayes Haney,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Researchers began excavating the Xiongan site in 2017, working their way from the outer city to the inner city and discovering the Tang Dynasty temple where the dragon was found in 2023 as well as other ceramics and Buddhist relics.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 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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Just 22 minutes after the armed carjacking, Hardy arrived at the Florida Avenue Garage in downtown Washington.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Jackson County provided those beds initially in a facility adjacent to its downtown detention center for people awaiting trial on felony charges.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Core city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/core%20city. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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