Indianapolis
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Known for a five-hundred-mile automobile race (the Indianapolis [Indy] 500) held each year in late May.
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At 18, Fox left her hometown of Indianapolis for Huntington Beach, where she attended Golden West College and got an associate’s degree in social sciences.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
One new entrant is Erica Christie, 44, from Indianapolis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
It has a new pool, new roof, new windows and new furnace — but the six-bedroom house in Indianapolis has gotten exactly zero offers since it was put on the market two months ago.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
The results cement the Indianapolis company’s dominance in the anti-obesity drug market as it seeks to extend that to weight-loss pills.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
In Nellie Pitezel’s letter from Indianapolis, she had written “we are at the English H.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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