Mahomet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The 72-year-old retired education researcher living in Mahomet, Ill., has been trying to eat more fermented foods since being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
In 1735, the Mohegan leader Mahomet Weyonomon made it all the way to England, where he planned to decry his people’s mistreatment.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022
In Illinois, Thompson recently moved to her family’s farm in rural Bloomington, about one hour from her previous home in Mahomet.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2018
Dean Hazen, owner of The Gun Experts in Mahomet, Illinois, told the newspaper that “copy-cat” shooters favor the weapon because of a “perception thing.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 8, 2017
If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, let Mahomet go to the mountain.
From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Preston, Thomas
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