concrete jungle
noun
: a modern city or urban area filled with large buildings and regarded especially as a harshly competitive, unwelcoming, or dangerous place
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Whether viewed as a romp, a relic, or a route to commiseration, the series about four friends trying to find love (or at least a good lay) in the world’s most competitive concrete jungle has stood the test of time.
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John Ortved, Vogue, 29 June 2024
Planting her Manhattan roots into the heart of LA’s concrete jungle, the magnetic force known as Mixie refuses to be pigeonholed by genre… or otherwise.
—Ben Welles, SPIN, 18 June 2024
Once again, it must be said: concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 June 2024
Imagining the concrete jungle, skyscrapers and Broadway lights is easy.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024
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John Ortved, Vogue, 29 June 2024
Planting her Manhattan roots into the heart of LA’s concrete jungle, the magnetic force known as Mixie refuses to be pigeonholed by genre… or otherwise.
—Ben Welles, SPIN, 18 June 2024
Once again, it must be said: concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 June 2024
Imagining the concrete jungle, skyscrapers and Broadway lights is easy.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Concrete jungle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concrete%20jungle. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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