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Farnborough

British  
/ ˈfɑːnbərə, -brə /

noun

  1. a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Young people have also died in Kent, Oxford, Lincoln, Halifax, Rotherham, Warwickshire, Farnborough and Scotland, along with a man in his 60s in Cornwall and a woman in her 70s in Wales.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

As part of that, up to £20m over 10 years will be allocated to each of Britwell and Langley in Slough, West Howe, Boscombe West and Hamworthy West in Dorset and Cherrywood in Farnborough, Hampshire.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Ellenore King-Voisin, from Farnborough, Hampshire, was delivering mail to a property with two dogs – one of which she was concerned had an aggressive temperament.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

The group have been friends for 12 years after meeting at sixth-form college in Farnborough studying performing arts.

From BBC • May 18, 2025

The stone might have been stolen, or it might not, but Mr Farnborough, as all his friends knew, was absolutely incapable of stealing diamonds, or of buying diamonds, knowing them to be stolen.

From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.

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