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Springs

American  
[springz] / sprɪŋz /

noun

  1. a city in S Transvaal, in the E Republic of South Africa, E of Johannesburg.

Springs British  
/ sprɪŋz /

noun

  1. a city in E South Africa: developed around a coal mine established in 1885 and later became a major world gold-mining centre, now with uranium extraction. Pop: 80 776 (2001)

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“There’s just no way,” one man told the Colorado Springs, Col.,

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“There’s just no way,” one man told the Colorado Springs, Col.,

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“I’ve been getting a lot of calls from residents of Silver Springs who are feeling the aftershocks — even down to magnitude 3,” Rowe said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Kumanjayi Little Baby disappeared last Saturday after she was put to bed at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs just before midnight.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“Why on God’s green earth did you ask everybody in Sassafras Springs for a Wonder except me?”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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