Alton
Americannoun
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a city in southwestern Illinois.
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a first name.
Example Sentences
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They are able to redeploy their jets to capitalise on the gap left by Gulf-based airlines which have planes stranded in the Middle East, said Bryan Terry from Alton Aviation Consultancy.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Terri, 35, from Stoke-on-Trent, said her family would not be able to visit Alton Towers as a result of the new restrictions.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
The first lawsuit was brought in May 2024 against Simmons Hanly Conroy, an Alton, Ill., firm JM Eagle says filed more than 430 cases against it since 2001.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Centene’s list of in-network doctors included one child psychiatrist it said worked weekdays at a clinic in Alton, Ill., about 35 miles from McClure’s home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
There are posters of Trayvon Martin and Philando Castile and Alton Sterling and Michael Brown and Tamir Rice and Stephon Clark, and a bunch more people who lost their lives.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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