Altona
Americannoun
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The highly unusual attack took place in the bustling Grosse Bergstrasse in Hamburg Altona, near an inner-city Ikea store on Monday evening.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Only a handful of residents died in nearby Altona, which filtered its water through sand.
From Scientific American • Nov. 30, 2020
A large party of young people in Altona in July caused several local leagues to shut down briefly in the wake of positive cases.
From Washington Times • Sep. 9, 2020
Orta wrote a letter to Mary Vann, the superintendent of his new facility in Altona, New York.
From The Verge • Mar. 13, 2019
In 1943, she and the school’s music teacher, Altona Johns, put students through their paces in preparation for the year’s Christmas cantata, “The Light Still Shines.”
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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