Bronx
Americannoun
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the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
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a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.
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Oscar Bergal, 28, was wounded in the neck during an ICE operation in the Bronx on Thursday, while a five-year-old child who was in his car at the time was physically unharmed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mullin said Oscar Belgal, 28, the man shot and wounded in the Bronx by ICE agents on Thursday, had an extensive criminal history and was trying to evade arrest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“One day we were just acquired,” Scott Frankland, owner of a Bronx Midas franchise, said of the Mavis acquisition, completed last June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The extraordinary view extended beyond the Manhattan skyline to the Bronx and Westchester County.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
We piled into the old Buick and made our way to the Bronx, where Aunt Nancy now lived.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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