banlieue
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Everybody in the banlieue knows him, he’s a legend,” said Arthur Spada, 22, who has been following Abdoulaye N. on social media for years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
The relationship between banlieue residents and police has been fraught for decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2023
If the 2005 riots were a wake-up call about the plight of young people in the French banlieue, last week’s destruction was like realizing you accidentally hit snooze one too many times.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2023
President Emmanuel Macron had fervently been praying that the banlieue phenomenon would not be added to his litany of burdens, but his wish has not been granted.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2023
This talent of divining, possessed in a high degree by the Parisians, has never passed the banlieue.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
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