Wilmette

[wil-met] /wɪlˈmɛt/

noun

a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.

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A child of the affluent suburb of Wilmette, Emanuel has spent much of his career in Washington.

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The pères Emanuel were raised in a observant Jewish home in Wilmette, a suburb of Chicago.

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