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St. Peters
St. Petersnouna town in E central Missouri.
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St. Peter's
St. Peter'snouna basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.
St. Peters
1 Americannoun
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Kelker-Kelly died Saturday evening at his home in St. Peters, Mo., the city’s Police Department confirmed Monday to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
A county official told News 4, a St. Louis TV station, that emergency dispatchers were overwhelmed with water rescue calls, mostly from the St. Peters and O’Fallon areas.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
St. Peters police said the suspect drove away from the convenience store in a car that was later found near Interstate 70 in nearby O'Fallon, Missouri.
From Fox News ● Dec. 29, 2021
A St. Peters officer made a traffic stop just outside a St. Peters shopping center about 5:30 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
As we entered the sluggish current of the St. Peters at Mendota, the stream was nearly bank full and it seemed like navigating a crooked canal.
From Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris
In a sermon delivered in Italian on Thursday at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the pope suggested machines lack a soul, saying they merely "compile data" quickly.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday amid the Iran war, Pope Leo XIV declared that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
At a peace vigil at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, Leo said that that a “delusion of omnipotence” is fueling the war that has left thousands dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
On Sunday, Leo will preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square before delivering a typically political blessing which is especially anticipated this year.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Nick made the second shot, too, but by then we were shaking hands with St. Peter’s.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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