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Recent Examples of borough
The two gunmen who opened fire on a group of people Monday evening in the crowded convenience store in the New York borough of the Bronx remained at large Tuesday morning as investigators worked to identify them, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024
According to StreetEasy, TriBeCa had the highest median asking rent in all five boroughs, at $8,295 a month.
—Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The clip was posted by Hannah Schiavone (), a 25-year-old consultant based in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
—Soo Kim, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Another client, a couple from Williamsburg, snapped up a bright two-bedroom in Jackson Heights for $450,000, pushing further into the borough, where the apartments are larger, after finding the one-bedrooms in Sunnyside too small for their needs.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 Dec. 2024
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024
According to StreetEasy, TriBeCa had the highest median asking rent in all five boroughs, at $8,295 a month.
—Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The clip was posted by Hannah Schiavone (), a 25-year-old consultant based in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
—Soo Kim, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Another client, a couple from Williamsburg, snapped up a bright two-bedroom in Jackson Heights for $450,000, pushing further into the borough, where the apartments are larger, after finding the one-bedrooms in Sunnyside too small for their needs.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 Dec. 2024
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Also, wolf scat has been found containing plastic and other material that could only have come from garbage cans and city dumps.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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Bridgeport city councilman Alfredo Castillo was referred to state prosecutors on Tuesday for potential criminal charges related to allegedly registering a non U.S. citizen to vote in the city’s 2023 Democratic primary and filling out an absentee ballot in that person’s name.Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
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To round out the story told by his aunt, Hawkins talked to many people in the small Alabama town.Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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After a town burns, builders come in and construct new homes, which are typically more expensive.Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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Presently, there are 38 municipalities in the state of Indiana that have approved a 1% tax, Olthoff said.Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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However, those orders could include other municipalities and neighborhoods over the next few days depending on the need, a law enforcement source tells Deadline.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
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What’s more - the metropolis wasn’t built with megafires from a new geologic era whipped by hurricane-force winds in mind, either.Eric Mack, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Photos by Jun Michael Park The Afar guide to Busan Seoul may glitter with K-pop and Gangnam style, but Korea’s second-largest metropolis sparkles in its own way.Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
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Most big burgs saw sizable year-over-year jumps in traffic delays last year, with five of them enduring double-digit increases.Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Then, filled with admiration for this person who has turned a simple space into a something transcendental, the patron hires Tóth to oversee construction on a community center in the modest burg of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borough. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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