Wilmington
Americannoun
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a seaport in N Delaware, on the Delaware River.
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a seaport in SE North Carolina, on the Cape Fear River.
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a city in NE Massachusetts.
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a town in SW Ohio.
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A car crash early Sunday morning left a bizarre scene, with the silver vehicle standing nearly upright after flipping onto the front steps of a home in Wilmington, video from the scene showed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Wilmington, Carson and other communities around the Port of Long Beach already face some of the worst air quality in the region.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Between 1990 and 2000, 22 children in Wilmington were diagnosed with cancer.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
Others growing at an above-average pace include Spartanburg, S.C., and Wilmington, N.C.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
He was wearing a faded Wilmington Blue Rocks shirt and jeans instead of his usual work clothes.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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