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Example sentences for: sprawl

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An abundance of space then allowed the city to sprawl, but distance was no problem — cheap oil and the car produced a vast freeway system, which links the coast, the hills, and the farthest-flung valleys in one huge metropolitan region.
Two of Beijing’s top attractions, the Summer Palace and the Western Hills, are located northwest of the capital’s relentless urban sprawl.
The city's Urban Growth Boundary eliminates Los Angeles-style sprawl.
Now they have joined up in an urban sprawl, home to a quarter of a million people.
May I point out that sprawl is to a large extent the fault of our current local tax system?