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Cranwell

British  
/ ˈkrænwəl /

noun

  1. a village in E England, in Lincolnshire: Royal Air Force College (1920)

"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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The college at RAF Cranwell represented Buckingham Palace as more than 30 aircraft, including a Lancaster bomber, took part in the practice run.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023

“Jennifer would make an exceptionally good lieutenant governor,” said C. Richard Cranwell, a former state Democratic chairman and legislator, when asked about the senator.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2019

"By the time we had taken the case on, Ahmed Mohamed had fled the country," said Det Ch Insp Mark Cranwell.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2018

Their names echo across the map: Carnforth, Cranmere, Cranwell, Cranborne, and, from the Nordic, Tranmere.

From Newsweek • Mar. 12, 2015

The Abbot sat in the little room of a cottage at Cranwell that he had occupied during the siege of the Towers.

From The Lady of Blossholme by Haggard, Henry Rider

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