Louisville
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The Kentucky Derby, a famous horse race, is held there every spring.
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Sazerac, a rival spirits maker based in Louisville, Ky., offered a $15 billion buyout deal, but Brown-Forman rejected that bid in May, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Gas prices are part of the reason John Raisor, who lives in Madison, Ind., a small town about an hour outside Louisville, Ky., stopped using dating apps.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Rozier, a 10-year veteran out of Louisville, has been paid $162 million playing for four NBA teams.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Gallrein is close to Louisville in a county that features multiple distilleries and a history of Confederate guerrilla violence during the Civil War.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
She was just eighteen, two years older than me, and by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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