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How to use the word urban in a Sentence? Page #6

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It's not an urban legend.

Michael Krondl

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I actually think California is a bellwether for the whole country, you have a mix of suburban, ex-urban, rural areas where you have competitive races. I don't think it's that dissimilar from what you're seeing in place like Pennsylvania, or Minnesota, or Colorado.

Bill Burton

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's concerning that we now have cases of Ebola in an urban center, but we are much better placed to deal with this outbreak than we were in 2014.

Tedros Adhanom

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The scenario has changed, and it has become most serious and worrying, since the disease is now affecting an urban area.

Henry Gray

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

By 2030, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in cities, and we know that living in an urban environment can be pretty toxic to Aiden Doherty circadian system because of all the artificial light that Aiden Doherty're exposed to, so we need to think about ways to help people tune in to their natural rhythms of activity and sleeping more effectively. Hopefully, that will protect a lot of people from mood disorders.

Daniel Smith

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If we see a town of that size infected with Ebola, then we are going to have a major urban outbreak, which is going to be a real challenge, once Ebola gets into urban areas, especially poor urban slums, it's extremely difficult to get rid of the disease.

Response Peter Salama

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We believe that it's a combination of the culture, the enormous pressure that people place on themselves to succeed and do well in a highly competitive, high-achieving system, the working hours and the fact that we live in a very cramped, urban environment, these problems start young, too : Children are feeling incredibly anxious, low and sometimes suicidal due to the pressure that they feel under to achieve what is expected of them.

Hannah Reidy

Found on CNN
6 years ago

He totally gets South Carolina. His political skills and his intellect are as good as it gets in the party. I rely on that a lot and have a real friendship with him, he's so skilled and he understands the entire country. He understands urban America, rural America. He understands that a lot of the problems these communities face are the same.

Tim Ryan.Ryan

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Weld County alone voters said this is an option we should n’t pursue and we wo n’t pursue it, but we will continue to look at the problems of the urban and rural divide in this state.

Sean Conway

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We found that they were active in 22 states just in the last few years and concentrated in those areas that experienced a lot of illegal arrivals from Central America, it’s urban, it’s rural as well in some places that have never had this kind of a gang presence before and it’s difficult for them.

Jessica Vaughan

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Our members work in fire stations and police departments, they save lives in local hospitals and own businesses in communities urban and rural throughout this country. No politician anywhere can tell the NRA not to come to their city. We are already there.

The NRA

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There’s beauty in numbers, there’s security in numbers. So our target is to congregate all the people in five major urban settlements and provide them with means of livelihood, education, health care and, of course, security, it’s a long-term solution, certainly.

Kashim Shettima

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

This is because the voters of Kiryas Joel cannot be overcome today and are growing rapidly. Not separating now means giving Kiryas Joel the ability to control our town board, our zoning, our planning, and will mean high-density housing throughout Monroe. they want an urban lifestyle, high-rises, high usage of water.

United Monroe founders

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

They can also allow for water flow, which has a positive effect on storm water management, and cool the surface temperature. as we are well aware that the urban heat island is here, and as we’re simultaneously trying to prevent it and mitigate it, we have to be able to respond to it as it does impact the public and our infrastructure.

Derica Peters

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

As we are well aware that the urban heat island is here, and as we’re simultaneously trying to prevent it and mitigate it, we have to be able to respond to it as it does impact the public and our infrastructure.

Derica Peters

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The expansion of the built environment to accommodate population growth will continue to challenge our selection of materials and infrastructure design to mitigate the (urban heat island).

Kamil Kaloush

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Farm-to-table, as a descriptor, was not even uttered until almost 15 years after I opened my first cafe, even though from day one, we were making food from scratch using ingredients that we carefully sourced locally, people in Indianapolis have been remarkably supportive -- especially the people living in Meridian Kessler, the urban neighborhood where the first Cafe Patachou was located.

Martha Hoover

Found on CNN
7 years ago

With climate change, we know we are going to get three, four degrees increased temperatures minimum on average, which means a lot more heat waves, about the only low-cost way to deal with that is increasing and improving a healthy canopy of trees because they reduce temperatures and the urban heat island effect.

Stephen Sheppard

Found on CNN
7 years ago

There's been a long, fine history of arboriculture and tree care and tree management in an urban setting, but now we have to deal with a lot of other complexities, some is about managing existing tree stocks but some of it is about planning for the future. The green things shouldn't be what's just left over. It's a vital part of the city and it's at risk of being lost.

Stephen Sheppard

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I think a good case in point is Seoul, in South Korea -- they actually took out an entire motorway (in the city center) and put the river in there with trees and plants, in Manila, they are establishing miniature parks wherever they can -- crossroads, along the railway, old industrial areas -- there's a lot of urban space that is wasteland, so there are areas that can be converted.

Simone Borelli

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We need more research that looks at their effectiveness, especially in urban cities, we support anything that will help save a baby’s life, but there haven’t been safety studies that we need.

Patricia Gabbe

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Only few people know that the mysterious north is as fascinating during summer and autumn, which tends to be our off-peak season, lapland is the antithesis to the urban hustle and bustle.

Anna Hakkarainen

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Lapland is the antithesis to the urban hustle and bustle.

Anna Hakkarainen

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Donald Trump is the best presidential candidate, who I believe has the experience and the wherewithal to give urban communities economic and educational opportunities.

Bruce Carter

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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