on the town
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The sky pulsed red with the glow of a distant Guy Fawkes Night bonfire, and a cold, wet fog sat heavily on the town of Inverness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
AFP reporters spent a night out on the town on a recent December evening to document a city known for its excess exploding into full-blown extravagance.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
Of his novel’s effect on the town during the July festival, Hemingway once wrote, “It is all there as it always was except forty thousand tourists have been added.”
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Our culture expects us to, after a relatively short period, just get over it, as if a few nights out on the town will do the trick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025
It’s something I have to be aware of when I’m out on the town.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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