Newtown
Americannoun
noun
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By 2014, Truelove had come to believe that the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., never happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
I was a good student at Newtown High.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
"And I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," she told the Guardian in 2013.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
The Newtown Dream Dog Park is one of the best in the country, outfitted with sprinklers, a spraying hydrant, hoops, tunnels and more.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
By moonrise they had made their way through Newtown churchyard, where a little brook runs between the lawns and under the path.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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