Ashburton
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The pastoral station is vast and majestic, set along the Ashburton River, but it was far from luxurious when Andrew was born in 1961.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
Pugh, who is divorced and has no children, lives in Ashburton, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2016
A study published this month in the Journal of Arid Environments found that lesser salmon catfish in the Ashburton...
From The Verge ● Sep. 5, 2016
But Yonkers Fire Commissioner John Darcy says the water leak on Ashburton Avenue probably contributed to a 30-foot-long section of a 20-foot high retaining wall to collapse behind the complex.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 12, 2015
On the Ashburton River gold fields mutton is 4d., beef 6d., flour 10d., tea 3s., sugar 9d. to 1s., preserved potatoes 1s. 6d., salt 1s., rice 1s., and oatmeal 1s. 3d. per lb.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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