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
Konate even returned to his old Paris banlieue to unveil his Liverpool shirt, external-link while a delirious crowd lit red flares and chanted his name.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024
Rose Ameziane, who is of Algerian heritage and also grew up in a banlieue, said that when police killed Merzouk last month, the anger made perfect sense.
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
She loved the French world and the French sights and sounds--these tall, dingy houses of the banlieue, the dregs of a great architecture; the advertisements; the look of the streets.
From Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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