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Brighton

American  
[brahyt-n] / ˈbraɪt n /

noun

  1. a city in East Sussex, in SE England: seashore resort.

  2. a city near Melbourne in S Victoria, in SE Australia.

  3. a town in central Colorado.


Brighton British  
/ ˈbraɪtən /

noun

  1. a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)

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Unlike his predecessor, he will never say "this is maybe the worst team in the history of Manchester United", Ruben Amorim offering that opinion just over a year ago after a home defeat by Brighton.

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It was certainly not pleasing on the eye to Brighton's head coach Fabian Hurzeler, who spent almost the entire game enraged by Arsenal's strategy and what unfolded before him.

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Arsenal kicked off at the same time as City on Wednesday and capitalised by scraping a 1-0 victory at Brighton.

From BBC

In any event, he has only been involved once since getting sent off in the FA Cup third-round defeat by Brighton on 11 January, when he was an unused substitute against Fulham last month.

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“Yet the very competitors that could check this monopoly and restore balance are routinely boxed out by restrictive practices that limit innovation and reduce consumer options,” Brighton added.

From Los Angeles Times