21.  The sprawling city has turned out to be, once again, a deadly killing zone.

22.  Their spacious new homes are being built in prime land along the banks of the Tigris, which runs through this sprawling city.

23.  They were popular fixtures on Shenkin Street, the Bohemian heart of this sprawling city.

24.  A sprawling city of wide boulevards covers what was once a barren plain of sand and reeds dotted with a few settlements.

25.  Chechen forces appeared to hold most of the southern part of the sprawling city as well on Tuesday.

26.  Demonstrations often start late in this sprawling city, where transportation is unreliable.

27.  Governments should promote safer and more efficient use of urban land as traditional farmland disappears under sprawling cities.

28.  In bars and cafes across the sprawling city, patrons watched the coverage transfixed.

29.  In churches and in bars, in homes and restaurants, in tiny villages and sprawling cities, Cameroonians spent Sunday glorying in their gold medal in soccer.

30.  Sporadic gunfire and small explosions were reported in many parts of the sprawling city during voting.