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Amesbury

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[eymz-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈeɪmzˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

  1. a town in NE Massachusetts.


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The public health team in Salisbury and Amesbury, Wiltshire, had the daunting task of trying to keep thousands of people safe from an odourless, colourless, military-grade nerve agent which could have been anywhere.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Amesbury said he "sincerely hopes" the prime minister and Chancellor Rachel Reeves "not only listen, but learn and respond".

From BBC • May 6, 2025

But Amesbury told the BBC he would have tried to remain an MP - a job he said was his "calling" - had he been given a lighter community sentence.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

Despite the judge calling his comments "a pack of lies", Amesbury maintains he "felt threatened" by Mr Fellows.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

For this reason he did not take in all at once the girl who called herself Catherine Amesbury.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck