Carlisle
Americannoun
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John Griffin 1835–1910, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1883–89.
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a city in Cumbria, in NW England.
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a city in S Pennsylvania.
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Angling. a fishhook having a narrow bend.
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Example Sentences
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She therefore takes a bus to Carlisle and gets a connection to Kirkbride and must return to Carlisle again on the way home.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
While Soto-Martínez supports expanding the city’s unarmed personnel program, Carlisle and Kendall would like to expand the police force.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
The list of challengers includes Colter Carlisle, vice president of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council, Dylan Kendall, who runs Grow Hollywood, and Rich Sarian, vice president of strategic initiatives for downtown’s South Park Social District.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
With money from an English lover and the patronage of the notorious Chudleigh, Cornelys launched an “assembly and concert rooms” in 1760 at Carlisle House in fashionable Soho Square.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The court was at Carlisle at the time, for the feast of Pentecost, and it was arranged that everybody should meet in the town meadow.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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