Rolla
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I live in the small city of Rolla, Missouri, where half the child care centers have closed in the past six years.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
Larry Gray, a certified public accountant from Rolla, Missouri, said he had concerns early on about how the program could be abused.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2024
Alanna Krolikowski, a political scientist at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, thinks that researchers should push for international treaties to protect the Moon.
From Scientific American • Mar. 9, 2023
“If there is a big story in the news, I will talk about it,” Mr. Bohannon once told a reporter for the Rolla Daily News in his home state of Missouri.
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022
My grandfather was gone, had come to Rolla, doctoring Charley Stroback's child whose clothes had caught fire and he was burned badly.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
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