Example Sentences
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Gonzales is married with six children, and represents the 23rd Congressional District, the state’s largest, which stretches across the southwestern border and into San Antonio.
From Salon
His district — the largest in the state — runs along the southwestern border and includes a slice of San Antonio.
From Salon
Chongqing - a humid southwestern metropolis which once made global headlines for a corruption scandal and murder - turned popular and cool.
From BBC
One high-profile incident occurred in October, when rescuers were shown failing to open the doors of a burning electric vehicle in the southwestern city of Chengdu.
From Barron's
Cash-strapped and running out of options, a public hospital in southwestern France has turned to an unlikely source of rescue: potential patients.
From Barron's
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