New Bern
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I took that job selling pharmaceuticals, which eventually led me to New Bern, N.C., which led me to living on a creek, which led me to writing “The Notebook.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Sparks, who The Times interviewed over Zoom from his home in New Bern, N.C., had been a Shyamalan devotee for decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Videos from social media showed riverfront communities in North Carolina such as New Bern, Belhaven and Washington experiencing significant flooding.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023
The New Bern Sun Journal in North Carolina will go to one day a week.
From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2022
He looked up as he had looked up as a child when his father would bring the black-winged Corsair over their house in New Bern, North Carolina.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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